Noted & quoted.'Being bilingual is like going to a brain gym Brain Gym is a training program that makes various claims about the benefits of certain exercises and postures in learning. It is widely used in British state schools. It is also offered to both children and adults in parts of the United States and Canada. .' --Ellen Bialystok, a psychologist at York University York University, at North York, Ont., Canada; nondenominational; coeducational; founded 1959 as an affiliate of the Univ. of Toronto, became independent 1965. in Toronto, whose 2004 study found that learning two languages in childhood helps keep people mentally fit and better prepared for cognitive tasks as they age. [The Week, Jan. 7) 'Presidencies are like an hourglass hourglass, glass instrument for measuring time, usually consisting of two bulbs united by a narrow neck. One bulb is filled with fine sand that runs through the neck into the other bulb in an hour's time. . By the second term, the sand is running out.' --Stephen Hess, who served as an aide to President Eisenhower [1953-61], on why Presidents seem to have difficult, and often scandal-ridden, second terms. (The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Jan. 16) 'Let Us Trim Our Hair in Accordance With Socialist LifestyLe' --Title of a series on North Korean state television. The programs are part of a government-sponsored drive encouraging men to keep their hair short and visit a barber twice a month. (The New York Times, Jan. 12) |
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