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...evidence of success is strictly anecdotal. James Hunter, professor of sociology and religious studies at the University of Virginia and author of "The Death of Character: Moral Education in an Age Without Good or Evil," argues that the actual effectiveness of character education programs is "highly dubious." He writes that "even the very best of these programs ?are unimpressive - not only in their long term but also in their short-term effects." His conclusion is especially devastating: ?"At the end of the day, these programs may do more for adults than they do for children. At least they salve...
...than they make back on the sale of low-margin comestibles). If I have one clear vision of the future, it's of my slack-jawed grandchildren begging to hear again about what it was like to live in the height of the mythical door-to-door boom. Yes Virginia, you really could get a candy bar and a copy of Spartacus within minutes without stepping outside your front door. Of course, that was back before the piranhas - and their old-fashioned emphasis on profit - took over...
...weekday mornings Kery Wilkie Nunez does her Falun Gong exercises with two or three commuters next to the Dunn Loring metro station in the Virginia suburbs of Washington. The buzz from the nearby highway and the bustle of the rushing crowds aren't a problem. "You become peaceful and tranquil inside," says Nunez. It's different for the three or four doctors who do their exercises from 5:30 to 7:30 a.m. near the library of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. All they hear are birds chirping. Steven Reani does his exercises in the early morning...
...YEMEN Terrorists Foiled Nine people, believed to be members of the Islamic Army of Aden, were arrested in Yemen, suspected of plotting a terrorist attack on fbi officials investigating the suicide bombing of the U.S. destroyer Cole last October. In Alexandria, Virginia, a grand jury indicted 14 people in the 1996 bombing of military residences in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 American servicemen. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said the attack had been "inspired, supported and supervised" by the Iranian government. Iran denied the charges...
...there are flashes. Becker is a member of the Laureus World Sports Academy, a European foundation devoted to achieving social change through sports, and when he heard about its support of the Richmond, Virginia-based Midnight Basketball program, he insisted on seeing it in action. A barely publicized event in mid-April promised little in the way of image-polishing, but Becker went to Richmond anyway, attended a workshop, gave a pep talk, borrowed some socks and sneakers and played ball - all before an audience of only 100 people. A month earlier, he had spent two days working...