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Many doctors give speeches part time, like Dr. Andrew T. Weil '63-'64, the alternative medicine expert and Dr. Fred Allen Jr., son of the comedian. But the number of part-time speakers is also small; only 12 of the 4,000 professional speakers registered with the National Speakers Association describe themselves as giving motivational talks on medicine...
...trying harder to rehabilitate biological parents and reunite families, because government leaders now consider adoption a panacea. "Skewed financial incentives are the single biggest problem in the entire child-welfare system," says Richard Wexler of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform. And what happens, asks Rachel Oesterle, an expert with Aid to the Adoption of Special Children, when a foster adoption fails--an incidence that can run as high as 12%? Does the government get its money back from the states? A report for Wexler's coalition says, "States get to keep the money even if an adoption fails...
...with daytime naps is usually a better sleeper at night. They should steel themselves to hear some crying as Baby settles in, but be ready to respond if their baby sounds truly distressed. Parents can use the literature as a guide but must always trust their instincts above any expert's (including this one). No one knows your own baby better than you do, awake or--one hopes--asleep...
...Senator Al Gore started out as an expert on arms control - the kind of guy a deal like this would appeal to. But then again, Senator Al Gore used to win Tennessee. In eight years at Bill Clinton's side, though, Vice President Al Gore has learned that the big political battles are won with lawyers and polls, and that as long as the economy keeps chugging, the nation can forgive pretty much anything...
Academic search expert John W. Chandler, of the headhunting firm Academic Search Consultation Service, says that search committees and governing boards sometimes take an interest in prominent politicos but rarely appoint them...