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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...self-assured, more confident of his Chinese identity. His brother Peiji, the eminent achiever, broadcasts insecurity and a trace of guilt at the good life he has enjoyed. Peiyuan is resigned to China's failings. Peiji has indigestion from Taiwan's success. Tell their family story, and you also start to tell the story of China over the past 50 years, with all its contradictions, betrayals and unburied ghosts. Confucian thought has always seen the family as a model of the state. Obedience to the father was a model for loyalty to the Emperor. In his quest to create...
...successful parent-teacher conference is to be well prepared. Even if your first meeting is weeks away, start thinking about it now. Ask your child what concerns he has about school and what is going well. Write down your questions--about, say, the volume of homework or the class bully--in order of priority, because you'll probably be squeezed for time. Your child's teacher will start the meeting but should not dominate it. She should be prepared with samples of your child's work and should present your child's positive qualities along with the areas in which...
...because I thought it would be the best. When I met with the founders in July, I was impressed by their philosophy: they understand that online shows need to be short and snappy and that viewers like interactive games to keep them entertained while waiting for the video to start. Too bad their programs weren't half as good as their marketing pitch. The daily news show was supposed to be funny, but it wasn't. Girl's Locker Talk was a cheesy sex-talk show, and In the Neighborhood was just plain strange: viewers got to follow...
...trouble at its earliest, most curable stages. That's why experts recommend that everyone undergo annual screening, beginning at age 50. If there's a strong family history of the disease (particularly if one or more of your parents, sisters or brothers have had it), you may need to start sooner. A good rule of thumb is to begin getting tested 10 years before the age at which the youngest person in your family was found to have colon cancer...
Once these people we have engineered start intermarrying, how do we evaluate their offspring? At what point do the engineered genes start becoming dominant and insert themselves into the gene pool? At what point do we start seeing the health problems associated with heavy inbreeding? JAN DELUCIEN Reston...