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...writing fiction were an Olympic track event, Jodi Picoult would be a gold medalist. At 42, Picoult has published 16 books and has become one of the world's best-selling novelists. Often described as a writer who straddles the line between literary and commercial fiction, she is known for her artful family dramas that play on hot-button, ripped-from-the-headlines themes, such as spousal abuse and euthanasia. Her latest novel, Handle With Care, centers on the family of Willow O'Keefe, a smart, beautiful little girl with brittle bone disease. TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs reached Picoult...
...This study is only the second to track TV-viewing and cognitive development in infants over time. Its results diverge from those of the other longitudinal study, conducted by Dr. Dimitri Christakis at Seattle Children's Research Institute, which found that DVD-viewing hindered toddlers' ability to learn vocabulary. In that study, with each additional hour spent in front of a screen, babies at 8 to 16 months learned six to eight fewer vocabulary words than infants who stayed away from videos. "We don't have any definitive answers yet as to what effects TV-viewing can have on infants...
...Indeed, America’s track record in Latin America leaves something to be desired. The recent expulsion of a U.S. diplomat from Ecuador is a case in point. The diplomat was expelled on the grounds that his alleged interference “undermine[d] the jurisdiction and powers of national authorities able to make decisions regarding who should lead a special investigations unit.” The U.S. Department of State countered that the U.S. has had peaceful, non-intrusive relations with the country. Regardless of whether the U.S. is guilty of the accusations, the scandal?...
...With improvements for the entire track and field program, excitement continues to build for the Crimson. The team will compete at ECACs and IC4As next weekend in an effort to send select athletes to indoor nationals. As Harvard gears up for the outdoor team season, though, it will continue to look to its strong seniors and rapidly developing youth for a balanced and successful formula...
...right direction.”Dartmouth blew away the competition over the weekend and won the regional affair by over 150 points. The Big Green effort was led by its senior standout, Ben True, the Ivy League cross country champion earlier this fall, who skipped the Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships at Gordon Track this weekend to compete in the skiing event.Harvard’s efforts on the slopes this weekend were led by the women’s Nordic contingent, which accounted for 99 of the Crimson’s 235 points over...