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...several years. Chicago has announced plans to take a similar practice district-wide this fall, when it will send home reports on the moms and dads of the 431,000 kids in grades K through 12. Posted at five-week intervals, the reports will rate parents--good, satisfactory or less than satisfactory--on points including whether they get their children to bed on time or show up for school events. Parents who accrue enough demerits risk the equivalent of academic probation: a house call from a district volunteer or an invitation to a crash course in child rearing...
...their San Diego vacation home, but according to Elizondo, 37, they kept it secret from almost everyone because "some of the public figures that announce their marriage seem to dissolve quickly." Jackson and Elizondo announced an amicable parting in February 1999, but the divorce papers could signal a less than amicable future. Though a pre-nuptial agreement reportedly exists, Elizondo, who co-wrote 37 songs with Jackson, is angling to renegotiate. That's the way love goes...
...very credible threat to begin with. And as the Soviets overcame the American nuclear monopoly, it became less credible by the year. We needed arms control to ensure that there would be enough American nuclear firepower (relative to Moscow's) to make our security guarantee to Europe at least plausible...
According to a raft of recent studies, Americans are working more and enjoying it less. Between 1995 and 1999, the number of people calling in sick because of stress more than tripled. "I've got a lot of clients coming to me from Silicon Valley," says Pam Ammondson, 45, who runs Clarity Quest, a Santa Rosa, Calif., workshop to counsel jangled burnout victims. "It's a dream to make a million dollars overnight. But these people are not happy, their relationships are miserable, and they're taking a step back to ask what it's all about...
...line realities of burnout will inspire a rash of enlightened self-interest among employers. So before you see how far you can get this summer on your short vacation leash, take a trip to Escapemag.com and sign a petition. Provence, Tuscany, the Greek isles--your employer owes you nothing less. Workers of the world, unite...