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...Parenting Association survey of 650 parents, the biggest challenge moms and dads face is balancing work and family. The good news: employers are responding. Sixty-seven percent of parents say they can adjust their work hours to accommodate family needs. Still, parents with lower incomes--who can least afford extra child care to accommodate last-minute schedule changes and emergencies--tend to work for firms that don't have much family-friendly flexibility. More parents cite crime and violence as their biggest worry-40% this year, compared with 30% in 1996. More than half trace recent school shootings to "parents...
WISER VISER--Attaches with Velcro to any set of glasses for extra sun protection. Say goodbye, hat head, hello, fellow Century Villagers...
Lemieux is one of the biggest pests the NHL has ever known. He runs his little jabroni mouth throughout the entire game. He knows all the dirty little tricks on how to sneak an extra shot when the referee isn't looking. The type of game he plays engenders no respect from the opposition, only animosity...
...victims somehow acquire a third copy of the chromosome, whereas most people have just two. But exactly which of the 225 or so genes on chromosome 21 trigger the scores of physical and cognitive symptoms typical of the syndrome--or whether it's simply DNA overload from having an extra chromosome--isn't clear, nor will it be without lots of additional research...
HASSETT The equity risk premium has declined. Let's define this, by the way. Equity risk premium is the extra return that investors demand because they think stocks are riskier than the benchmark [30-year Treasury] bond. O.K., it has declined roughly from 7% to 3%. [A decline drives up prices.] Alan Greenspan says, "The question is, Is this decline temporary or is it permanent?" We offer a third alternative we think is a reasonable alternative, which is, Will it continue [to decline] to what we believe to be its reasonable resting place, which is around zero? If stocks...