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2017

Новости за 21.09.2017

Voice of America 

Study Finds Babies Can Copy Adult Tenacity

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again — especially if a baby is watching. A new study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says children about 15 months old can become more persistent in pursuing a goal if they've just seen an adult struggle at a task before succeeding. In the research, that happened even though the babies had to solve a different problem than the grown-ups did. The children tried their own tasks after watching a woman solve two challenges. Some... Читать дальше...

Stars and Stripes 

Filipino protesters slam martial law, killings under Duterte

Thousands of protesters marked Thursday's anniversary of the 1972 declaration of martial law by late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos with an outcry against what they say are the current president's authoritarian tendencies and his bloody crackdown on illegal drugs.

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

Thriller 'Happy Hunting' has a bloody good time taking aim at societal hypocrisy

A mean little mash-up of “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Purge,” the bloody thriller “Happy Hunting” initially comes across as entertainingly simplistic, before gradually revealing its bigger picture. Writer-director team Joe Dietsch and Louie Gibson (making their feature debut) inject a dose...

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

With Rhodes in coverage, Vikings ready for Bucs, Winston

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Xavier Rhodes was in his final season at Florida State in 2012, the scout team quarterback that fall was a redshirt with a big arm and bigger aspirations.

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

With Rhodes in coverage, Vikings ready for Bucs, Winston

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Xavier Rhodes was in his final season at Florida State in 2012, the scout team quarterback that fall was a redshirt with a big arm and bigger aspirations.

New York Post 

Gender-neutral teacher’s note to students: Please no ‘him’ or ‘her’

A Florida fifth-grade teacher sent a letter home with students asking that they refer to her by gender-neutral pronouns, causing a stir among parents. Chloe Bressack — a new math and science teacher at Canopy Oaks Elementary in Tallahassee — acknowledged that it will take “some practice for it to feel natural,” according to the...