Word: upsetness
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...Harvard men’s basketball team closed out 2007 in heartbreaking fashion, falling to UC Irvine (5-8), 80-77, in overtime Sunday afternoon at Lavietes Pavillion. It was the seventh consecutive loss for the Crimson (4-11). Harvard, which still has not won since its memorable upset of Michigan on Dec. 1, blew an 18-point lead in the second half of its final tune-up before kicking off its Ivy League slate at home versus Dartmouth on Saturday. “It’s a tough, crushing loss,” coach Tommy Amaker said...
...fair!" But for families with autistic and typical siblings, "not fair" is the reality, when it comes to one child being treated differently from the other. Martin Bounds has one autistic child, Charlie, 13, and one typical child, Alex, 15, about whom Bounds says, "He'd get very upset when he would bump his knee or complain of feeling sick. He thought we weren't sufficiently concerned about him, in the spirit of 'I could be over here dying, and all you care about is Charlie...
...overstatement, but such sentiments often stem from legitimate gripes. Bounds recalls when he and his wife attended an important fund-raiser for Charlie three years ago, on the same day Alex rode in an annual bike race. "Alex won the race for his age group and was really upset when we were not there to greet him at the finish line," says Bounds. "As much as you try to balance schedules, as parents of an autistic child, you have to basically accept that you are going to have moments when you feel you have cheated your other children, and those...
Harris also suggests that parents develop an "intervention plan" to teach the child with autism alternate behaviors - such as asking to be left alone, or using words, cards or a special gesture - when he or she feels upset. "Kids with autism can learn to go their room, sit in a beanbag chair, or do something else that helps them calm themselves," says Harris...
...civility and consensus rather than conflict, the unprecedented ousting of a Cabinet member - for the most part, ministers leave the Federal Council out of their own volition - has been hotly debated on the streets and in the highest reaches of government. Although some members of his party were visibly upset when the election results were announced, the center and left parties, which joined ranks to vote Blocher out of the office, expressed their satisfaction that "democracy has prevailed." And, in a nationwide survey conducted shortly after the election, 60 percent of Swiss citizens said they were happy about Blocher...