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...reporting values. According to critics, many Gannett-owned papers, including those under Giles' editorship, have cut back on original news coverage and have adopted design formats that put more emphasis on "soft" news. Gannett editors also frequently move from paper to paper, meaning that they lack the time to develop a deep familiarity with the local community. These practices almost inevitably lead to the kind of second-rate journalism the Nieman Foundation has actively decried...
...called the "Hygiene Hypothesis," and researchers invoke it to try to explain why the number of children who develop asthma has grown so dramatically over the past three decades. Bolstered by a handful of studies, the basic idea is that modern urban society is too clean for the kids' own good. A hundred years ago, children's immune systems would have faced all kinds of bacterial and viral infections. Today those immune systems don't know what to do in our supersanitized environment, so they wind up attacking pollen, dust mites and other usually innocuous substances instead. In the worst...
After Tiger won the British Open, I eagerly anticipated TIME's feature on him. Until I saw Tiger play, I found golf boring. The fact that non-golf lovers like me can be drawn to the game and develop an appreciation of it is a testament to his greatness as a player. Maybe when I'm 40, and can afford it, I'll take up golf. ALELI ROSARIO Cainta, the Philippines...
...preamble to our founding constitution speaks of honoring those who suffered for justice and freedom in our country and respecting those who have worked to build and develop our country. Chief among the latter must stand HARRY OPPENHEIMER and his family; that they also fought in a particular manner for the former sets them apart in the gallery of South African patriots. I shall remember Harry as a man of exquisite grace and charm, a person with a simplicity and directness that was disarming in its spontaneity, and one who was accessible way beyond what was assumed about a person...
...turns out. This pastime carries consequences. Although most children follow the stock market with imaginary portfolios, which are safer than real ones, they can still develop an obsessive need to win. Child psychologist Ava Siegler, author of What Should I Tell the Kids?, says a child's passion for investing must be tempered by parents who convey perspective and values. "If you permit your children to do this," she says, "you have to keep an eye on the downside...