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...lack of discipline in childhood that translates to poor impulse control in adulthood. Moore is leaning toward the latter. It's possible that children who are given sweets too frequently never learn how to delay gratification - that is, they never develop enough patience to wait for things they want, leading to impulsivity in adulthood. It's also possible that children who are poorly behaved from the start tend to get more candy. (Read "Why Media Could Be Bad for Your Child's Health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Candy-Eating Kids Become Criminal Adults? | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard’s perspective that that’s something a lot of students would complain about,” she says. “It would be hard for that small number of students who really can’t eat lunch and don’t want to get Greenhouse [Café food] every single day because it’s expensive...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fly-By Goes Greener | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

...fourth poorest country in Latin America, Honduras’ pre-coup government had been seeking support for a national referendum that, if held and supported, would have dramatically changed the fabric of the government, a move those in the coup did not want to succeed...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Honduras Minister Abroad at Harvard | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

Though she is not under direct threat, family and friends of other ministers have been arrested and attacked. “I feel insecure about it,” Pastor says of his family’s decision to stay, “but if they want to reject my invitations or my exhortations that they go away from Honduras I have to respect their decision...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Honduras Minister Abroad at Harvard | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

...colleagues would speak on the record, several people indicated that Halderman was well-known around the news division and respected for his hard-charging ways and willingness to take on tough stories. "He's like somebody everyone looked up to," said a CBS News employee who did not want to be named. "48 Hours is a crime show. What could he have been thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CBS Insiders Baffled by Alleged Extortionist | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

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