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...Russell, her first-grade teacher, the child has found a sympathetic ally. The teacher periodically sends small groups of children to the bathroom together, alleviating Abby's stress about asking for breaks. And rather than lose patience with Abby for the false starts, she praises her for trying. Indeed, the most striking thing about the well-managed classroom is what this perpetually smiling teacher doesn't do: she doesn't command Abby to speak up, nor does she stop calling...
...relentless separations put particular stress on children. When schoolteacher Claudia González's husband returned after a two-year stint as a farmworker in Texas, her young daughter chased her father out of the house, yelling, "You don't live here. Go back to Texas!" Says González: "No amount of money from up north can bring those years back...
...secured assurances from Nato that allies would come to their aid in the case of serious escalation. It also stipulated that any prisoners Dutch troops took would be treated in accordance with international law, spared from the death penalty - and not sent to Guantánamo. But observers stress that the government needs a substantial majority in the 150-seat parliament - "more than just 75 and a handful," as one Foreign Ministry official said - to go ahead with the deployment. Even if the mandate for deployment is clear, there's a risk that coalition partner D66 may pull...
...Yard’s frigid environment might have been disappointed by this year’s mild weather, but it must have been a welcome relief after long, frustrated hours spent sublimating in the reading room. This time of year, the administration is used to sustaining complaints about unnecessary stress and the university’s problematic exams schedule. Quadlings petition for longer local library hours, internationals for a longer break and professors for a longer reading period. Meanwhile, each night Lamont fills up like the Hindenburg—ready to blow—driving the student body close...
...amount of vibration was well below what’s considered problematic, but obviously it was causing people a lot of stress,” he said...