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...month, Rita Emmett maintains that the "I'll do it later" syndrome is just a bad habit that can be eliminated. No matter what the child's age, parents should set up rules that are attached to a reward. For example, spending half an hour cleaning the room could equal half an hour of TV currency. Reasonable rewards, argues Emmett, add motivation to even the most dreaded tasks. If children have a problem focusing on homework, Emmett suggests asking them to work as fast and hard as they can on one assignment while setting the timer for, say, 45 minutes...
Such distinctions apply with equal force today. Musharraf is no democrat. Yet it is necessary to support him for now because he has enlisted Pakistan in our life-and-death struggle against radical Islam. And does anyone doubt that his overthrow would lead to more chaos and suffering within his country...
...evident among the men in Tirin Kot that not all members of the Taliban were equal in their devotion to the movement. As the Taliban swept across the country in the mid 1990s, the group became an amalgam of true believers and those who sought protection, a salary and food. Many non-Taliban commanders capitulated to the movement rather than fight, in order to retain their power and their men. Among the people of Tirin Kot, there is a binding dedication to Islam but not to the specific brand preached by the Taliban and especially not to the extreme forms...
...after the Air Force threatened the University last May with the loss of $328 million in federal funding under a 1996 federal statute—known as the Solomon Amendment—compelling universities to grant military recruiters equal access to facilities, the school capitulated and reversed its policy this summer...
...Bagenstos, an assistant professor of law who has not been involved in the Lambda discussions, said he disagreed with the military’s current interpretation of the Solomon Amendment, which mandates that the “degree of access by military recruiters is at least equal in quality and scope to that afforded to other employers...