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...Lynn resident reported to CPD that he was assaulted by a Cambridge resident. The suspect was stopped and a metal tube was found on his person. The Cambridge man said he had waved the tube at the complainant because the complainant bothers him on a daily basis...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan and Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: POLICE LOG | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

...children flourish and stay on course with only a few hours a day of parental devotion? How can kids focus on schoolwork when tempted by a luscious smorgasbord of multimedia junk? Hmm, would Ritalin help? Is Austin Powers too racy for a nine-year-old? How about tube tops and platform shoes? Looming larger is a more ominous concern: Will my child's life end in a burst of gunfire and a pool of blood on the cafeteria's cold linoleum floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kids Are Alright | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...thing, since we're necessarily in full control of what they watch. We supplement a small library of store-bought videos (including a few never-before-seen titles to ensure maximum attention) with movies and programs recorded from TV. This year, prior to departure, we taped Abby's morning tube routine (Barney, Arthur, Blue's Clues, etc.) to get her off on the right traveling foot each morning. Ditto for the elder kids' video faves, which tend to be less enlightening fare (though Flubber has much to teach us about physics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Travel: The Easy Riders | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

Consuming products with folic acid helps prevent certain serious birth defects of the brain and spine known as neural-tube defects. The U.S. Public Health Service has recommended that all women of childbearing age consume 400 micrograms of folic acid daily beginning before pregnancy. Despite the encouraging findings in the Journal report, there is no direct evidence that blood-folate levels in women ages 15 to 40 have reached protective levels. DR. JENNIFER L. HOWSE, PRESIDENT March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation White Plains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 14, 1999 | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

History looks backward, not forward, so there are those for whom the jury is still out. Legions of computer whizzes in Silicon Valley are certain that they're remaking history even as we speak. Maybe they are. Patrick Steptoe, the British doctor who created the first test-tube baby in 1978, has certainly changed the history of thousands of families. And who is to say that one of those test-tube babies will not change history? What new Gavrilo Princip is yet to be born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dubious Influences | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

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