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...Lewis noted that Wilde was furious over a scene in which Conte kisses Jean Wallace (Wilde's wife at the time) and then disappears down below camera range, resulting in Wallace looking especially aroused. In the end, Lewis kept his job on the film - but one can't help but think that he included this bit of implied oral sex for no other reason than to infuriate his uptight star...
...Wall Street Journal's bureau chief in Beijing and Moscow as well as business editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review. "I hope to build on that, continuing to liven up the magazine; see it become edgier, wittier, more personality driven, more interactive." He will get help from an import of sorts. After two years in New York City as a writer in TIME's Business section, Karl Taro Greenfeld will become Ignatius' deputy. Says Greenfeld, who was born in Japan: "I hope to translate onto the page the dynamism and exuberance that you pick up in Tokyo and Hong...
Experts say adults can help allay boyish fears by explaining that girls naturally mature faster. "Boys have to be made to feel O.K. about their development and their bodies," Thompson says. "They shouldn't be shamed for being immature." If people come to believe that boys will never grow up, he adds, "that prophecy will be fulfilled...
Today's books about puberty, which are leavened with humor (see the bathing-suit story in It's a Girl Thing), can help parents get started. Screen them first, share them with your daughter, then get in the car and start driving. That way, you won't have to look at each other when it's time to talk about pubic hair...
...brains--especially those involved in thinking and learning--tended to be smaller than those of youngsters born full term. Kids born as early as 26 weeks had the most serious brain abnormalities--and lowest test scores. Further research is needed to determine whether anything, like special learning exercises, might help...