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...Continent on the other, mainly in such fields as microprocessors, information technologies and bioengineering. Linked to that imbalance is a lingering worry over slow growth and high unemployment. Another reason for the sense of drift is demographic. The 60% of Europeans born since V-E day tend to dwell less on the horrors of World War II than on a U.S.-Soviet rivalry that bristles with nuclear weapons, many of them based on European soil. In Western Europe, some of that sentiment has flowed into the pacifist and antinuclear movement that brought thousands of people into the streets two years...
Curiously, today's protesters sometimes seem more reminiscent of the '50s than the '60s; they tend to have short hair and occasionally wear ties; they are less radical and more disciplined than their predecessors. While few in number, they may be this generation's pioneers of social conscience. Notes Joseph Bristol, a 19- year-old Yale sophomore, one of six students arrested for bursting into a CIA interview: "It seems to be the birth of a movement. The obliviousness of college students is starting...
Whatever the reason for bullying, the consequences are clear. Nishina found that victims feel sick more often than their classmates do, are absent more often and tend to have lower grades. They are also more depressed and withdrawn--a natural reaction, says Nishina, but one that "can subsequently lead to more victimization." The studies also indicate that schools take too narrow a view of what constitutes bullying. Physical aggression is forbidden, as are such forms of verbal bullying as sexual harassment and racial slurs. But the rules are generally silent about less incendiary name calling. "You're probably not going...
...this race, we didn’t want to do more than get our boat moving quickly,” Yu said. “We don’t tend to focus on how we can beat other teams or how they’re doing. We try to focus on our own boat...
...years ago were shot with a single, fixed camera and suffered from grainy images and muddy sound. They were also more expensive than audio recordings. Today's DVDs--often drawn from elaborate television productions and documentaries--offer multiple camera angles, crystalline images and superb sound. And they tend to cost $20 to $40, still somewhat pricier than CDs, but they are getting more competitive all the time...