Word: jacksonism
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...family, exiled since 1946, are allowed to return to their thrones?provided they can spawn and install heirs as frequently as Rome produces Prime Ministers Thailand: No male may surgically transform himself into a female if it makes him taller than the sovereign, with or without platform heels Michael Jackson: With one, final, mandated nip-and-tuck, the King of Pop will finally be elevated to Queen...
Every parent of a schoolchild is familiar with the counter. It's that imposing bit of architecture in the main office that many administrators use to keep parents at bay. "I hated that thing," says Steve Constantino. So when he became principal of Stonewall Jackson High School in Manassas, Va., he immediately ripped the counter...
...GIVE PARENTS TALKING POINTS. TIME's High School of the Year, Stonewall Jackson, in Manassas, Va., is only one of the schools that are using Internet and voicemail systems to encourage parents to stay informed about what the kids are doing in school. Parents in Forsyth County, Ga., can log onto a website that shows everything from the levels that students must achieve on Georgia's standardized exam to what their child's next term paper is on--and when it's due. "I have to admit I don't go to PTA meetings, but I can check...
...They and How Are They Faring?" The number has been rising significantly over the past 20 years, and in 1996 the U.S. Census Bureau began tracking domestic situations that differ from the traditional two-parent household. Siblings raising siblings account for approximately 140,000 of those cases. Sondra Jackson, the Interim Receiver of the Child and Family Services Agency in Washington, explains, "In the 1980s, we lost about 50,000 foster-care homes nationwide. So we began to look at relatives as potential caretakers." The idealized version of a sibling-run household was promoted by the 1990s television drama Party...
...then it is over. We all begin packing, and I once again load my huge pile of stuff into my tiny car in preparation for heading back to Jackson Hole. It is at this point that my thoughts turn back to the tri-state area for the first time in several days. I start thinking about my family and my job, heading back to the mayhem of life in the web-lane. I realize how much time I was spending fighting to control the future in my day to day life. In a ski race there are so many factors...