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...least suspected-for years. But increasingly, there's hard evidence of its impact. In June, for example, a group of Norwegian researchers released a study showing that firstborns are generally smarter than any siblings who come along later, enjoying on average a three-point IQ advantage over the next eldest-probably a result of the intellectual boost that comes from mentoring younger siblings and helping them in day-to-day tasks. The second child, in turn, is a point ahead of the third. While three points might not seem like much, the effect can be enormous. Just 2.3 IQ points...
...doesn't help when he's trying to throw over the outstretched arms of a leaping lineman?) Younger siblings are less likely to be vaccinated than older ones, with last-borns getting immunized sometimes at only half the rate of firstborns. Eldest siblings are also disproportionately represented in high-paying professions. Younger siblings, by contrast, are looser cannons, less educated and less strapping, perhaps, but statistically likelier to live the exhilarating life of an artist or a comedian, an adventurer, entrepreneur, GI or firefighter. And middle children? Well, they can be a puzzle-even to researchers...
...Maps (Daniel Radcliffe), Misty (Lee Cormie), Sparks (Christian Byers), and Spit (James Fraser)—as a desperate search to find stability tears them in different directions. Each struggle for emotional satiation ends in disappointment. The frustration is most poignant in the case of Maps, the eldest. While the younger three vie for the affection of a childless couple, Maps sees parental figures with a hardened, distrustful gaze and instead turns to the overstated sexuality of Lucy (Teresa Palmer), the town’s fair-haired fast girl. Radcliffe, who has clearly found his niche in the troubled-orphan...
...team and the son of Crocker Snow Jr., was the most dominant player on the field, scoring five out of seven points to secure Harvard’s victory over Myopia. Snow comes from a long line of polo enthusiasts: his father was a renowned player, and his eldest brother, Adam Snow, is considered one of the best players in the United States. Cissie Jones Snow, Crocker Snow Jr.’s wife and an established polo player herself, coaches the women’s team. Sunday’s match, a fundraiser for the Harvard team, was well...
...When Mahendra Chaudhry was taken hostage in 2000 along with members of his government, New Zealander Bruce Connew's eldest daughter was dating an Indian-Fijian; her sister was dating an indigenous Fijian. When the two young men spoke of Fiji, he recalls, "it was as if they were talking about two different countries." Connew, a documentary photographer, decided to put the unseen Fiji back in the picture...