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What's more, says Ladd, the benefit can be a double-edged sword. While employees are initially grateful, eventually they start to realize, "Wow, they'd do anything to keep me at work. They don't care if I have to leave my sick baby." When that resentment starts to build, says Ladd, "I tell folks to stay home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family: Home Sick No More | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

Dogs don't have to bark a motto at Michigan's DOG SCOUTS OF AMERICA, but they can earn merit badges in backpacking and tracking. Dogs and their people work hard from morning to night, but they can also pursue less serious interests like painting lessons for the bow-wow set, games of musical chairs and an all-pooch band. Seminars teach emergency first aid and the use of herbal medicine for dogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family: Lair Of The Dog | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...famous for his herky-jerky Michael Jackson, who morphs into a smooth Nat King Cole and--wow!--Natalie Cole, then into a boozy but bang-on Dean Martin. He can be Bill Clinton one minute, Ricky Martin the next, and by the time Sammy Davis Jr. shows up onstage, the crowd is so enthralled that they gasp involuntarily. The man behind all these faces is Danny Gans, the hottest entertainer in Las Vegas. He sings, he dances, he does impressions, he tells stories, and, at 39, he has managed to appeal to the MTV-weaned young crowd and Don Rickles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Danny Gans | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

...first change I would propose is the scoring system. If the average person tunes into a golf tournament and sees someone posting a "- 8," the gut reaction might be "wow, that guy sucks so much he's losing points." To make golf more intuitive and to quench the odd American craving for high-scoring sports, I suggest giving players positive points (and lots of them) to award good shots...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tenacious D: Different Strokes for Golf | 4/13/2000 | See Source »

...When I first heard about making the Olympic team, I was really happy," Gyorffy said. "But after that I stopped and said to myself, 'Wow. I have so much work to do in the next few months...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Junior Jumper Gyorffy Sydney-Bound | 4/11/2000 | See Source »

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