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...excerpts of the talk released by the prosecutor show why Weinstein was a beloved figure at Thorne Middle School in Middletown, where she was a special-education teacher. "You haven't done anything yet," she tells her abductor. "All you have to do is let me go and take my car. For my life, don't you think I should be concerned and let you take my car? For my life! Do you really want to have that on your head?" At another point, the teacher tries to get him to open up. "Why don't you just tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TEACHER'S LAST SHOCKING LESSON | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

...past century, though, and especially over the past 50 years, the most popular types have been bred almost exclusively to look good -- with "good" defined by breed-specific dog clubs and the American Kennel Club (AKC). "Form has been separated from function," says Brian Kilcommons, a dog trainer in Middletown, New York."Styles come in vogue. The competition at dog shows is geared almost exclusively to looks." This focus on beauty above all means that attractive but unhealthy animals have been encouraged to reproduce -- a sort of survival of the unfittest. The result is a national canine-health crisis, from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Terrible Beauty | 12/12/1994 | See Source »

Yale will face the winner in the Ivy League Championship the following Saturday and Sunday in Middletown, Conn., in a best-of-three format...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Frustrating Year Keeps on Going | 4/29/1994 | See Source »

Yale Wins Ivy League Championships: Yale captured the first Ivy League Championship by sweeping Columbia, 17-7 and 11-1, last Saturday in Middletown, Conn...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Huskies Beat Crimson, 7-5 | 5/12/1993 | See Source »

...years ago Psychologist Darlene Powell-Hopson of Middletown, Conn., tested 155 black and white youngsters between the ages of three and six in Headstart programs or preschools in New York City, on Long Island and in Connecticut. Using 20 Cabbage Patch dolls identical except for color, Hopson asked the children to give her the doll that "you want to be, you want to play with, is a nice color and would take home if you could." To Hopson's surprise, 65% of the black youngsters selected white dolls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Question of Black Pride | 9/14/1987 | See Source »

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