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...have to perform to a certain level," says Carol Cadby, a teacher and mother of a 7-year-old and a 10-year-old in Arlington, Va. "When they were little, it was Chuck E. Cheese. Now it's laser tag. Next it's going to be a concert or a game. It's no longer a family thing - it's an event...
...that providing blanket subsidies for college admission, without stipulation that the education received would be put toward bolstering America’s knowledge-based economy—through, say, the study of science or engineering—is a waste of money. To them, the ultimate $5.8 billion price tag for this bill is too high, even though it was pared from $45 billion in earlier versions of the proposal. Opening the halls of higher education, however, provides more than just an economic benefit: graduating college prepares young adults to be concerned, responsible, happy members of society. The best props...
...here is the paradox of decoupling. On the one hand, Islamist terrorism has imposed a huge transaction tax on the global economy; just try to put a price tag on millions of hours wasted by passengers waiting at security, on container and cargo controls, on cumbersome border checks, on the expansion of police and intelligence personnel - not to speak of the nonmonetary costs of civil liberties curtailed. On the other hand, globalization just gallops along. "We told you so," hard-core practitioners of the dismal science might crow. "Economics beats politics any time." The mighty dynamics of expansion seem...
...promotion department has also been working overtime to increase awareness of the show, airing episodes on Bravo, the network's little-sister cable channel, and streaming them free over NBC.com. Lights even has a new tag line - "It's About Life" - that airs at the end of each promo for the show. "That was the challenge going forward from November through February, to let people know it's about family," says NBC's in-house marketing president Vince Manze. "It's not about football...
...most creative and refreshing new applications at this year's show, therefore, is a digital piano-learning game that encourages kids (and musically curious adults) to toy around with a piano keyboard. "From Bach to Bon Jovi, your child will be playing in minutes," the company's tag line promises. And despite the product's crude, toddler-friendly design, the program actually works well to introduce the basic concept of piano fingering without forcing novices to master the complex concept of classical music notation...