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Bennett and Kalish have a more modest proposal. Parents should demand a sensible homework policy, perhaps one based on Cooper's rule of thumb: 10 min. a night per grade level. They offer lessons from their own battle to rein in the workload at their kids' private middle school in Brooklyn, N.Y. Among their victories: a nightly time limit, a policy of no homework over vacations, no more than two major tests a week, fewer weekend assignments and no Monday tests...
...that boutique hotels, because of their size, are viable entry-level ventures in an industry that often requires daunting amounts of start-up capital. In any case, to identify the best of Bangkok's new wave of accommodation, check out our tips below or use this simple rule of thumb: if your taxi driver has heard of it, it's already passé. ARUN RESIDENCE: Housed in a beautifully restored 80-year-old building, this riverfront property, www.arunresidence.com, has just five rooms because co-owner Piyanuj Ruckpanich wants every window to open to a view of the famed Wat Arun...
...deck to tweak the hot motor.They would lose everything, hundreds of dollars of pay. Rather than selling their catch to a dealer, they would have to give it away to local retirees and pig farmers. Jacqui popped the heads off the biggest shrimp as they twitched under her thumb. “I’ll cook you some right now!” she said, glancing at her little gas grill. But since I was reporting, I had to refuse.One week later, as I was writing my story for the paper, I looked at their records. In 1992 Chris...
...Bush used the first veto of his presidency to block a congressional action that would have lifted his 2001 ban on federal funding for most stem-cell research, ensuring that cell lines will remain scarce and money short at research centers lacking the state funding or private wealth to thumb their nose at dollars from Washington...
...Hammadi pressed his thumb and fingers to his eyes and turned away, trying to push the tears back inside. But then he pulled himself together and turned to me. "We are with Hizballah, even if everybody dies," he said. "God forbid...