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...By the??time children turn 18, they have spent only 13% of their waking lives in the classroom. Their habits of mind, motivation and muscles have much more to do with that other 87%. But try telling that to an Ivy-educated mom and dad whose kids aren't doing well. It can't be the genes, Mom and Dad conclude, so it must be the school. "It's the bright children who aren't motivated who are most frustrating for parents and teachers," says Nancy McGill, a past president of the Iowa Talented and Gifted Association. "Parents...
...For all the??noise about Bollywood, most North American filmgoers have yet to see the real thing. And maybe they never will. So how about an Anglo- Indian compromise? That's what Gurinder Chadha, whose Bend It Like Beckham was a surprise hit in 2003, has in mind with her Jane Austen adaptation, Bride & Prejudice: star-crossed love, family-values conflict, lots of vigorous song and dance. The only differences are it's in English and, at 1 hr. 51 min., it's about an hour short of a full-length Indian epic...
...At the??Philadelphia Eagles' practice complex one day last week, the producer of quarterback Donovan McNabb's weekly local TV show asked if he would be available for an interview a day before Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla. With mock seriousness, McNabb warned that the hoopla of the game, between the Eagles and defending champion New England Patriots, might leave him stretched for time. "Worst case, just get some guy off the street in Jacksonville to go on," McNabb joked. He then found a problem with that plan. "The guy would say, 'Donovan who? A quarterback? You mean...
In his column "Where's The??Outrage?", about the Senate confirmation hearings of Attorney General--designate Alberto Gonzales [Jan. 17], Joe Klein wondered why there was no outrage over the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo and elsewhere or over Gonzales' complicity in the Bush Administration decision to use severe physical interrogation techniques. A similar apathy was the response to the excesses of the Patriot Act, the question of immigrant rights, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's ineptness and arrogance, the need for affordable health insurance and, most tragic, the endless slaughter in Iraq. There is no outrage because...
...The??silence, I'm told, is way worse than the snoring. In the middle of the night, you go quiet for a while. Your chest heaves. Nada. Your body tries again. Still nothing. Then, if you're lucky, your brain kicks in and sends out the alarm: without oxygen, it will starve. So your reflexes get your body to rouse; there's a snuffling, wheezing and then a big intake of breath. And then back to normal breathing--or more snoring--until the cycle starts again. And all the while, you're fast asleep, blissfully unaware that anything is going...