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...presented with the same hypothetical patient, a baby boy with a 102 degrees fever. For a child under two months, such a fever can signal a life- threatening infection. Nearly 30% of doctors responding did not ask the child's age and so failed to recommend that the youngster even come in for an exam. Richard Kessel, executive director of New York State's Consumer Protection Board, which is looking into the service, notes that patients may be spending money on what they think is a final answer, when "many will still have to go to a doctor...
...editor Baecher's goals is to help kids become aware of the hard sells and soft sells that are everywhere. A regular feature, "The Sneaky Sell," has reported on hidden ads, called advertorials, that appear in kids' publications purporting to be part of the contents. For the investment-minded youngster, "Money Talk" follows the progress -- or lack thereof -- of earnings from $500 that the magazine put into various accounts last spring. (A mutual fund for stocks has dropped behind money-market and other financial investments.) And if a pal borrows money and does not pay it back, the magazine proposes...
...group. "The answer is no. It's a solution to a political problem. The problem we now face is fundamentally an economic problem." From that perspective, it does not matter whether the current bill passes, since neither version would help a single crack addict kick the habit, persuade a youngster to stay in school or give an unwed mother the training she needs...
Rodriguez's supporters believed he was being cruelly persecuted because he is a Nicaraguan refugee who speaks no English. They noted that none of 82 similar incidents in Florida during the past four years have been prosecuted, including a March accident involving a white youngster in Broward County who remains in a coma. Others contended that prosecuting Rodriguez was the best way to prevent tragedies in the future. Florida officials had hoped that by making people feel Rodriguez's pain and imagine what it would be like to lose a small child, parents would be more prudent. Perhaps in that...
...research has led Lanning to conclude, for instance, that there are two distinct categories (and seven subtypes) of child molesters. "About 90% are what we call situational molesters," he says. "They have no real sexual preference for children and have relatively few victims apiece. They may turn to a youngster because an adult woman isn't available." The remaining 10%, he says, have a true sexual preference for children, and each may have victimized hundreds of youngsters. To catch an offender, Lanning stresses, "it's important to know which you're dealing with. They have different patterns of behavior...