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...move-in policy was changed last spring at the request of House masters who complained that students had too much idle time before the start of classes and requested more time to train House staff, according to Epps...
...interview just before her wedding to Charles, Lady Diana Spencer, then 20, said she had one musical request for the ceremony. "[I've asked for] one hymn, 'I vow to thee, my country,' which has always been my favorite since schooldays." Today, through the prism of her whole life, the words of its two stanzas are possessed of the awful poignancy of half-fulfilled prophecy...
Miracle worker or not, Mother Teresa was now a media star. A decade after the documentary, she received the Nobel Peace Prize because "poverty and distress also constitute a threat to peace." At her request, the traditional banquet was canceled so the $7,000 cost could go to the poor. "We need to tell the poor that they are somebody to us," she told the audience of rich and honored guests, "that they too have been created by the same loving hand of God, to love and be loved...
Being hit teaches a child nothing of value. Parents who have children with behavior problems need humor, patience and a course in dog obedience. Yes, puppy training. A firm voice when needed, consistency, following through with clarity of action when the child seems not to hear the request and, most of all, praise! Lots of it. "Good child." Pat. Pat. See how simple it is. FRANCES C. HAVEY Overland...
William Weld withdraws from the battle to be Ambassador to Mexico (TIME Daily) ... The Justice Department is investigating one of Al Gore's top aides and money-raisers (TIME Daily) ... At the FDA's request, Redux and Fen/Phen manufacturers are withdrawing their drugs from the market (TIME Daily) ... Disgraced former Chinese Communist chief Zhao Ziyang, purged after the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, asks the party to reverse its verdict that those protests were a "counter-revolutionary rebellion" (TIME Daily) ... Thirty-three people are missing following a mysterious crash involving a U.S. Air Force transport plane and a German military airliner...