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...hospital's adolescent playroom, sitting in a circle with other participants, while dietitians, social workers and even an aerobics instructor gave brief presentations and then opened the floor to 1 1/2 hours of lively discussion. Recovering addicts lectured on staying straight. A midwife running the parenting session gave step-by-step instruction on how to dress a child in a snowsuit to 30 young women, many of whom had never had a snowsuit of their own. "I learned how to feed my children -- how to fix a healthy meal and not feed them hot dogs and beans...
...year-old British soldier was killed by an I.R.A. gunman in the town of Crossmaglen on the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. The killing was the first by the I.R.A. since Ireland and Britain signed the Downing Street Declaration, which outlines a step-by-step peace plan for Northern Ireland. One element of the plan is that the I.R.A. must forswear violence for three months in order to be included in negotiations...
Another stunning new feature is the Microsoft Wizards, a set of step-by-step guides which were first implemented in Microsoft's spreadsheet product, Excel. The wizards are used to create special documents. For example, to produce a standard resume, you can pick the resume wizard and it will prompt you for personal information. Whiz! Bang! An nice-looking resume is created...
There may be no step-by-step solution for eradicating racism, but one definite step towards ending racism is to move it from the realm of academics to the realm of a real-world problem for which we all share some responsibility for solving. At Harvard, honest discussion on racism and diversity has a place in institutional settings but it also has an important place in the everyday discussions of students...
...Arafat in concluding an accord with Israel instead of playing the lead Arab role he prefers. He might also fear that the Israeli-P.L.O. agreement sets an uncomfortable precedent for his own negotiations to get the Golan Heights back from Israel. The Declaration of Principles foresees a gradual, step-by-step Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Assad seeks a total Israeli pullout from the Golan in return for something he calls "full peace" but has never spelled out. Getting Assad's agreement to a peace treaty will doubtless take arduous negotiations...