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Parents have watched this phenomenon unfold with a mixture of awe and concern. The Coxes, for instance, are bowled over by their children's technical prowess. Piers repairs the family computers and DVD player. Bronte uses digital technology to compose elaborate photo collages and create a documentary of her father's ongoing treatment for cancer. And, says Georgina, "they both make these fancy PowerPoint presentations about what they want for Christmas." But both parents worry about the ways that kids' compulsive screen time is affecting their schoolwork and squeezing out family life. "We rarely have dinner together anymore," frets Stephen...
...tracks here unfold at a tempered pace; the songs take their time, but the process is by no means leisurely. Instead, tension builds as the sound expands, often reaching pitches of dizzying intensity. “Auto Rock,” the album’s opener, constructs a steady crescendo around a spare piano melody, adding fuzzy distortion and a heavy, insistent beat. The result may be melodramatic, but it’s also nothing less than beautiful...
...black mark of the 20th Winter Games: a spiraling doping drama featuring a suicidal Austrian coach, a crusading Italian magistrate and an unprecedented nighttime police raid - all of which could change the way that future Olympics fight the war against banned substances. The saga began to unfold just before 5 p.m. when Mario Pescante, Italy's official representative to the Winter Games, arrived at the office of Carabinieri Colonel Angelo Agovino carrying a slim file and a photograph of a stout 48-year-old named Walter Mayer. The Austrian cross-country and biathlon team coach had been busted after prohibited...
Four writers from The Crimson receive passports to this bizarre universe for one week, as they follow seven participants to understand Harvard’s biannual Common Casting process (see sidebar). The fate of spring semester’s productions and the complexities of Harvard theater will unfold, as we shadow two directors—an HRDC vet and an ambitious non-conformist—and five actors—two "A-listers," two rising stars, and one cavalier first-timer—from pitching the shows to picking roles...
...second alternative, referral to the Security Council, has gained strong approval as the chapters of this story unfold. Involving the supreme UN organ as well as the IAEA, would strengthen multilateral dialogue, in clear contrast with the monologue of preemptive ideology. Nevertheless, due to economic ties and resulting foreign policies, countries like China or Russia are unlikely to applaud such speeches, and their reluctance will only work for Teheran...