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Talk about a baby boom. If you thought the postwar bulge of births was big in the West, just wait till it goes global. According to a report released Wednesday by the United Nations Population Fund, a higher proportion of the planet is entering its child-bearing years than ever before: One billion young people between the ages of 15 and 24. The most immediate result? "Millions of additional unintended or unwanted pregnancies... tens of thousands of additional maternal deaths, and at least a million more infant and child deaths," says a gloomy...
...traditionally been considered the age of reason, a rough turning point in moral development. For more than a century, English common law has held that children under seven cannot commit crimes (but that those over seven can). "There used to be an old expression, 'Give me a child till he's seven, and I'll give you the adult,'" recalls Brian McSweeney, a vice chancellor of the Archdiocese of New York. There's more than a grain of truth in that maxim...
...widespread debate on campuses, with some schools ignoring outside help completely and others applying formulas to reduce their own offers. The growing use of merit scholarships to snag the best students will only intensify the controversy. Since merit-based and need-based aid come out of the same till, there is a larger downside risk that this trend will come at the expense of the poor. So far, the effect is marginal, but, as Tim McDonough of ACE notes, "there's enough movement for people to be concerned about...
...CLICK TILL YOU DROP...
...LATEST RIPOFF This con-artist ploy gives new meaning to the phrase "Shop till you drop." A letter in this month's Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine reports on two British women who feigned collapse at cashier's counters every few days. When they were put into ambulances, bystanders also packed in their goods. Once at the hospital, "recovery is rapid." Result: free, if felonious, shopping...