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...fact, parents often spank out of fear, not anger. Kristy Hagar, a child neuropsychologist at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas, has spanked her daughters occasionally, when, for example, her toddler charged into oncoming traffic. Direct defiance is also seen as a valid reason for physical discipline. But there are limits on spankable offenses: spanking should never be used to punish petty misbehavior or as a result of a parent's anger...
...Another embarrassment came over the Lunar New Year holiday beginning in January, a popular vacation time in China. Disney neglected to block off the entire week as "special days" for which visitors required specific tickets. Tourists with valid tickets got turned away at the front gates after the park quickly filled up; the jilted travelers screamed at park employees, while TV cameras filmed one family trying to pass a child over the fence. Henry Tang, the city's Financial Secretary, voiced concern that this disarray "might affect the image of Hong Kong's tourism industry." Bill Ernest, Hong Kong Disneyland...
42˘ Price of a first-class stamp if a proposed rate hike takes effect next year. The USPS also plans to issue a "forever" stamp at this price that would be valid as first-class postage regardless of future price increases...
...Their departure was marked by hisses and “Shame! Shame!” from the council members that remained in the room. And the defectors returned. Sadly for those who had abandoned ship, the ensuing quorum call marginally passed and, thus, the vote on 62.35 would be valid under UC regulations.A majority of the council did vote in favor of 62.35, but it fell short of the two-thirds needed to pass under Haddock’s (and Kouskalis’) interpretation.The meeting, painfully, went on, finally ending with a discussion of three constitutional amendments that would change...
...work was knowingly and intentionally associated with Harvard—indeed, the first line of the author’s biographical information in the novel, above all, noted that she is a Harvard student. Regardless of the particulars of guilt or innocence in this case, it is manifestly a valid concern of the Harvard community. Instances of plagiarism in the novel may have been unintentional, but its association with Harvard certainly was not. For a variety of reasons, many are opposed to the idea of any censure from the Ad Board in this specific case. Some believe that the College...