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...does indeed, helped considerably by scrupulous attention to detail. Before settling on the still unnamed $4.25 million colt at Keeneland, for instance, Buying Agent Tom Cooper scrutinized the yearling carefully during his spring tour of U.S. farms. O'Brien then spent eight hours alone with the youngster, watching his mannerisms, his sweating cycle, whether he was bothered by crowds. Three vets, including a heart specialist, performed a physical, with full X rays. "Leg Man" Bob Griffin examined a race horse's most important assets. And because the colt's most important assets will change after his racing...
...contrary, many of the young people who mimic Western ways are the children of Soviet officials who buy Western clothes abroad or at state stores reserved for the elite. The less privileged must buy or cadge their status gear from Western tourists. The most prized items in any Soviet youngster's wardrobe, Adidas sneakers, are manufactured in Moscow under license from the West German footwear firm. The Voskhod factory has been turning out a million pairs of green, yellow and purple sneakers a year, scarcely meeting the demand even at about $40 a pair...
...linked to cervical cancer and could damage babies during birth. "I wanted to take a knife and cut the skin right off me," she says. "I was just so scared about my baby." A healthy girl was born, and for six months Susan was "hysterical" about protecting the youngster, now 3½. "She is probably the most paranoid kid on the block," says Susan, because of elaborate warnings and precautions. Susan douses the house with quarts of Lysol when friends come over, and admits to "enormous" sexual problems with her husband, who caught herpes from...
...forced or persuaded to perform sexually in front of a camera. Said White: "It has been found that sexually exploited children are unable to develop healthy affectionate relationships in later life, have sexual dysfunctions and have a tendency to become sexual abusers as adults." He also noted that a youngster is unable to prevent the invasion of his privacy that occurs each time the film or book is viewed. (No such invasion occurred at the court during consideration of this case; the Justices concluded that they could rule without studying Ferber's films...
...Rowley, a deaf girl about to enter fifth grade in Peekskill, N.Y., the 6-to-3 ruling means that she will not get the $15,000-a-year sign language interpreter she sought. Rehnquist noted that even without such help, the youngster reads lips well enough and has sufficient assistance to do above-average work. For the more than 4 million other children protected by the 1975 law, the ramifications are unclear. Their advocates are generally relieved that the court left intact the statute's fundamental safeguards. They are fearful, however, that the decision's language leaves room...