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...withdrew support for Gay Pride Day under pressure from ultraconservatives and endured a jury verdict that his family's investment firm had committed fraud. After a judge tossed out the verdict, Simon undermined his credibility by erroneously suggesting that Davis had illegally accepted a campaign contribution. Barring a dramatic shift, Davis should win. But it won't be charisma that does it for him.--By Sonja Steptoe/Los Angeles
...emotional weakness. The belief that emotionally ill kids are just misbehaving is perhaps even more widely held. Says Darcy Gruttadaro, director of the child and adolescent action center at the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: "Despite scientific advances in our understanding, it hasn't translated into a shift in our actions. With ill children, there are these constant innuendos that it's about the conditions within the home, or parenting style...
...Mohameds are trying to be good citizens and good neighbors. Mohamed is taking classes to improve her English. She has befriended an Irish-American girl nearby who calls her "Mom." Her husband Hussein works a 12-hour night shift at a local rubber factory. On his days off, he helps his fellow Somalis look for work. The townspeople are trying too. Mohamed recalls that last year a policeman asked her husband to call if he had any problems after Sept. 11, and a concerned teacher asked Hibat if she felt scared. Mohamed says she nods hello to her neighbors...
...attend Harvard, as opposed to 63.8 last year, as reported in the Boston Globe. In absolute terms, there are six fewer black students in this year’s first-year class than last year. While this year’s drop will not lead to a profound shift in Harvard’s demographic profile, the black student yield should be viewed in comparison to the 79 percent yield that Harvard has among the aggregate student population...
Once again, she began to write. She says it was the stories she heard 20 years ago while during thesis research in West Africa that compelled her to shift gears professionally and write for kids. “The Zarma people have a saying: ‘One who hears something good must repeat it.’” She had been reading nightly to her three-year old niece and five-year old nephew, Lauren Petra and Harris Ned LaTeef, and came up with the idea of doing an anthology of folktales...