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...that the crash and the grounding have caused. People paid thousands of dollars more than for regular airliners to fly the Concorde, not only for its speed but also for bragging rights. "The Concorde meant getting pampered," says Richard Aboulafia, an aviation analyst at the Teal Group in Fairfax, Va. "Uncertainty about the plane eliminates part of the cachet that was crucial to the Concorde's success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adieu and Farewell? | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

Sara Hansard, 49, a journalist from Arlington, Va., adopted a 1 1/2-year-old girl from China more than two years ago. She faced the strong objection of her mother, "who always imagined me getting married and having kids the normal way." Mom has come around, but since she lives in an assisted-living facility 90 miles away, she can't be much help. So Sara has organized an informal network of single moms in her area, who are on call to baby-sit in emergencies and who trade child-rearing tips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mom on Her Own | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

...crying face was the cover of a D.C. political paper. But that, she says, was nothing compared with the tears she had shed three years before, when Tipper drew scorn from libertarians and artists for her campaign to clean up music lyrics. Within the walls of their Arlington, Va., home, Tipper's efforts led to fights. "It was like the embarrassment everyone has if their parents pick them up from the eighth-grade dance," Karenna says. "It was like that on acid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democratic Convention: The Daughter Also Rises | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

...Office of Public Safety has set aside $1 million in federal money to help schools identify potential bullies and aid their victims. Beginning this fall, teachers statewide will use a curriculum created at Wellesley College that tackles bullying as early as kindergarten. Administrators at Liberty Middle School in Ashland, Va., started a similar program last year. Each week teachers meet with a group of 14 students and perform activities designed to promote interpersonal skills. Administrators have also created zero-tolerance disciplinary guidelines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the In Crowd | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

...venture-capital funding, the political battle over high-tech immigration policy, e-commerce, wiring at the Pentagon and spreading the dotcom wealth in northern Virginia. "Shannon is absolutely the No. 1 tech reporter in Washington," says Christie Hart, marketing manager at the Draper Atlantic venture-capital firm in Reston, Va. "She takes all the high-tech jargon, the acronyms, the slang, and makes it readable and understandable." Born in New York City and raised in Maryland, Henry studied English at Boston University and got a master's degree in journalism and public policy from American University in Washington. Five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Who In Washington, D.C. | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

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