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...went right to the source: the students themselves. "We went about this from the ground up," says Claudia Wallis, the managing editor of TIME FOR KIDS and a mother of three who wrote our lead story on exceptional students. "We were interested in figuring out what made these kids tick. To do that, we spoke with the students, their parents, friends, teachers and coaches." Finding the kids featured in Wallis' article required a nationwide search, coordinated by the project's chief reporter, Megan Rutherford. Rutherford, who has two children, found the assignment rewarding: "I was talking to parents and educators...
Clinton has disappointed me, Starr has angered me, Tripp has disgusted me, and Lewinsky has embarrassed me, but it took Charles Krauthammer to really tick me off [ESSAY, Sept. 28]. His commentary "Clinton's Pyrrhic Victory" implies that the two-thirds of the American public who support Clinton are mindless sheep, being pushed willy-nilly by pollsters and incapable of independent judgment. Bill Clinton has not somehow won me over with lies and manipulation; I never thought his personal character was without blemish. What he has done is the job we chose him to do, and overall he's done...
...TICK, TOCK, TICK...TALK...
...printout was advising that I detour to the south; all the traffic, however, was proceeding due east. What to do? Heed the computer's advice, or follow the herd? Stupidly, I hadn't packed an atlas or road map. "Ella pinched me!" someone shrieked in steerage. Tick-tick-tick. "Follow the traffic," hissed My Wife Who Is Never Wrong...
Lyme disease can be treated, but the common tick-borne illness has never quite been preventable. Two new vaccines using genetically engineered bacteria have been proved effective in protecting adults against Lyme disease. Both await FDA approval, and at least one is expected to be available for next summer's Lyme-disease season. Vaccine tests for children are still in the works...