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...What's the trick to getting your family to let you write about them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Sedaris | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

...curriculum guides" and other expensive materials, rather than simply providing topics for students to research. As a result, "the emphasis shifted to memorization rather than critical thinking," says Richard Golenko, who coached Houston's J. Frank Dobie High to a national title in 1996. Decathlon exams began asking trick questions such as how Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi traveled to work (the answer is below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dumb Questions for Bright Kids? | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

...Actually, some people can definitely benefit from using the stronger soaps. If you're handling bodily fluids, or working around contagious patients, or changing diapers, for example, you might want to consider using an antibacterial cleanser. But for most of us, plain old soap and water will do the trick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Time to Make Friends With Your Germs | 6/15/2000 | See Source »

...CWPA Northern Division Championships. There, the team had an opportunity to make it to the Eastern Division Championships by finishing fourth in a field of eight teams. An opening-round win against Brown, which had defeated Harvard back in the dark days of September, would have done the trick...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Water Polo Teams Take Big Strides | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...pretty clear that the side effects of smoking are all pretty awful. But if the well-publicized threat of lung cancer, emphysema, heart disease or stroke isn?t enough to keep you from lighting up, maybe the idea of walking around without any teeth will do the trick. According to a study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarette smoke is a major contributor to the development of gum disease and subsequent tooth loss. In fact, smokers who puff away on a pack a day are six times more likely than nonsmokers to develop periodontitis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Marlboro Man Is a Fan of Efferdent | 5/30/2000 | See Source »

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