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...case, although he and his father are now close, a rocky parent- teenager relationship worsened when Wynn, working as a young photographer for the family-owned Staten Island Advance, was fired by one of his uncles for refusing to cut his long hair. Si did not intervene. Says Wynn: "I don't think my father is that cold. He does have a well-developed poker face. He doesn't always let on what he's thinking...
...necessary -- in fact it is usually necessary -- to both give and withhold. Especially in Latin America, where every leader thinks he is some sort of mystic God, diplomacy requires dealing as one deals with children. If you say no all the time, you are ignored, even if, as a parent, you hold all the theoretical power. The helicopters signaled that we were still on the Sandinistas' side. They already believed we weren't. If that impression stuck, our ability to influence their decisions would diminish. And at that time, when the question of their actually transferring office was very much...
...would confuse Seward Park High School with Eton. Half the students at this underfunded, overcrowded facility on New York City's Lower East Side are from single-parent homes, and 65% come from families eligible for welfare. As many as 150 have been abandoned by their parents or are from families that have been evicted. Drugs and alcohol are a way of life. That any learning takes place under such circumstances is nothing short of miraculous. But miracles can happen, as former New York Times reporter Samuel Freedman demonstrates in Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students...
Such passionate debate makes it unlikely that primary-grade classrooms for black boys will become the norm anytime soon. Still, unless something else is done to make single-parent black homes more supportive of these children, or to help reduce their soaring dropout and suspension rates, the idea could attract more disciples -- ironically hastening the day when "separate but equal" may actually help black youths rather than hurt them...
...hope of Irish fortune also rests on the quick reflexes of goalie Chris Parent. The freshman registered a Notre Dame record 29 saves in an 18-3 loss to third-ranked Lovola...