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After months of heightened expectations but no apparent progress on the Corporation's part, the evening of May 31 revealed a flurry of activity. The 30-man Board of Overseers--in charge of confirming the Corporation's selection--converged quickly upon Cambridge from all over the nation for an impromptu meeting...
...each of Boston's stations, the PEJ study pinpoints a few specific areas of weakness which can certainly be used as starting points for change. But the most telling of PEJ's criticisms and the one that would yield the best results if acted upon is the one about poor enterprise. Boston's stations devote so much coverage to topics like local crime not only because they think that doing so attracts viewers, but also because they are lazy...
...until yesterday they had never heard of. Its attempt to throw a presidential election by inventing post facto election law is surely a bridge too far. It begins with the justices setting themselves up as defenders of the "will of the people" against what they contemptuously call "hypertechnical reliance upon statutory provisions," or what other people call "adherence...
FORGONE FAIRY TALES Once upon a time, parents and children read together every night. But family reading time is an increasingly rare commodity. In a British study, 60% of parents said they do not have time to read to their children; the number who honor the tradition of reading a nightly bedtime story has plummeted from 93% to 40% in a single generation. Experts say reading rituals are key to a child's emotional and educational development...
...during the space-probing missions that he happened upon his idea for the Super Soaker. He dubbed his creation a "pneumatic water gun" and made his first prototype from PVC pipe, a plastic Coke bottle and Plexiglas. Then he turned loose his six-year-old daughter Aneka on the neighborhood. Kids and adults alike went nuts over...