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Rather than sweeping the differences of ADD-diagnosed children under the rug, we must break out the vacuum of personal engagement and clean off the residue left by years of clinical and medicinal approaches. Only when the dust clears can those exceptional children in our ranks begin to show us what they have to offer in a constructive, healthy and productive...
Panetta's departure leaves an enormous vacuum, and Raines appears eager to take advantage of it. In a White House that churns out micro-initiatives every day, Raines has squelched the Administration's habit of making such announcements without checking whether OMB has sanctioned a plan to pay for them with cuts elsewhere. This month he stepped in to require a more thorough vetting of measures that would tighten food-safety regulations. "There were more people running around with their own little pet projects," says White House spokesman Michael McCurry. "Raines has reined...
...assuming the presidency. All three claim, as president, to have military enforcement at their disposal. Commanders of the army, air force, navy and national police were quick to stress their neutrality. "This situation is very serious. There must be a rapid solution. There cannot be a power vacuum," said Gen. Paco Moncayo, head of the army. In Ecuador, where economic hardship and bumbling politicians have left many citizens nostalgic for military rule, the immensely popular general might neatly fit such a vacancy. But Moncayo, calling for a "legal solution," insisted "the armed forces are not going to take power...
...Critic, 1925--a figure meant to represent Royal Cortissoz, the much feared conservative who had dubbed modernism "Ellis Island art." It is a paper doll cut from one of Cortissoz's own reviews, mounted on a pair of roller skates for fast passage through the galleries, and holding a vacuum cleaner to dispose of modernist trash...
FRED ASTAIRE Dances with vacuum cleaners? TV ads digitize an ungainly partner for the elegant dancer...