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...slim majority of Americans seem to think so: according to a 2002 Public Agenda poll, 57% of parents acknowledge spanking their kids. Psychologists and other academics are similarly divided, with each camp accusing the other of twisting data to suit an agenda. Opponents say corporal punishment can lead to aggression, poor mental health, even sadomasochistic tendencies and criminal behavior. Sally Moon, 42, a stay-at-home mother in Portland, Maine, agrees. Even when her daughter Teagan, 2, bites, Moon puts her in time-out and reasons with her. Says Moon: "I strongly believe children shouldn...
...fridges," he says. "Nowadays it's more a question of replacement, or selling DVDs or plasma TVs." Food retailing has also taken off. A couple of the bigger Moscow supermarket operators, Seventh Continent and Pyaterochka, are already publicly listed on the stock exchange. Several rivals are expected to follow suit in the near future as they look to finance national expansion. The industry is also starting to consolidate. Last month, Pyaterochka agreed to merge with rival Perekriostok to form Russia's biggest food retailer, with almost 900 stores and sales of $2.4 billion. What's happening in Russia is very...
...Romney, HUPD and other private university police forces would join state and local police in releasing their reports publicly. The bill’s success would also render moot a decision handed down by Massachusetts’ highest court in January, when the Supreme Judicial Court struck down a suit brought by The Crimson against Harvard. The newspaper had argued that private university police are bound by the same public records laws as their publicly-funded peers. HUPD’s force includes officers who are deputized by the Middlesex and Suffolk County sheriffs and who are sworn special state...
...fascinated with tools and, by extension, with utility,” says Yu. The flight suit is also part of her “factory” method: “It’s really good to be able to change clothes,” Yu says. “Rituals are very important for getting into the mode of production...
...leave, Yu firmly shakes my hand, and then strides purposefully back to her factory bench in her black flight suit, finishing up another day’s artistic work at Yu Industries...