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...neighborhoods, schools, play groups or other social situations when they have a mixed household. "For a child, it's easier to blend," says Mary Durr, an executive with the Adoption Services Information Agency in Washington. She and other experts suggest searching out racially diverse communities--much as Susan Weiss, a Chicago social worker, had to do after acknowledging the negative racial remarks to which her adopted daughters, Indian-born Cathryn, 12, and Peruvian-born Amanda, 7, were subjected in the city. The family moved to a more mixed neighborhood in Oak Park, where, says Weiss, "there are so many parents...
...green lobby has never had better White House access and is consulted early about legislation and regulations, following years of virtual exile under Reagan and Bush. "We're part of the process now," says Dan Weiss, the Sierra Club's political director...
...Weiss and McCormack, as well as Elzinga, were both novices when they came to Harvard, and worked their way into the varsity ranks. Sophomore McCormack made the jump from the second freshman boat last year to the first varsity squad. This is especially significant given that the HVL program carries a third varsity and a second varsity boat, in which there are 16 other accomplished rowers...
...What is remarkable about the sport is that each one of us has personal limits but when we get in the boat, we push each another to transcend and rise above them," Weiss said...
...Charlie is a great coach because he knows the fine points of technical rowing and he also conveys how to win," Weiss said. "The boat knows how to win, but our challenge is to say mentally on top of the game and maintain our work ethic each day at practice...