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...road-rage habit can be unlearned," says James of the University of Hawaii, "but it takes more than conventional driver's ed." He advocates teaching "emotional intelligence" as part of any thorough driver training: how to "deal with hostility expressed by drivers" and "how to be accepting of diversity and how to accommodate it." He calls for a new driver's ed program from kindergarten on--to teach "a spirit of cooperation rather than competition"--and grass-roots organizations called Quality Driving Circles. These, he told a radio station, would be "small groups of people meeting regularly together to discuss...
...Miserables After 10 years on Broadway, the Alain Boublil-Claude-Michel Schonberg musical had fallen into serious disrepair. So directors Trevor Nunn and John Caird became their own show doctors, replacing much of the cast and giving the production a thorough overhaul. Mon Dieu! Les Miz is back and as rousing as ever. Now, about Miss Saigon...
...safety board's recommendations. Insisting that "we are seriously embracing attacking this problem on the flammable-vapor level," he pledged to "take action" on fuel-tank maintenance programs for all U.S. aircraft. Boeing declared that it had been studying fuel-tank improvements since the crash and is considering more thorough insulation and "sweeping" out accumulated fumes during flight...
...version tries to address these concerns. Playwright Wendy Kesselman (My Sister in This House) has done a thorough reworking, including material from the expanded edition of the diary published in 1991 (with most of the material restored that Frank had deleted), adding more Jewish references (a Hanukkah song is sung in Hebrew) and in general giving the play a less sentimental, more astringent tone. "I thought it was crucial to bring out the darker side," says Kesselman...
...retrospective on Harvard's actions in the first United Farm Workers boycott of grapes, which generated much greater public sentiment and participation, would have been valuable. The timeline published on the day of the election was not thorough enough. Harvard students needed to know the character of debate in California, and whether other California colleges have taken a position on grapes...