Could I start now and get it all over with right away? According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, based in Elk Grove Village, “By the time today’s child reaches age 70, he or she will have spent approximately seven years watching television.”
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“The absence of a comprehensive industrial development plan has created uncertainty about how hospitable Chicago will be to manufacturing in the future,” according to the Chicago Association of Neighborhood Development Organizations in its newsletter (Winter 1990). “As companies await a clear signal from City government, they delay expansion plans and modernization programs, undercutting their own competitiveness and creating conditions conducive to additional industrial loss. The longer the City puts off an industrial policy, the more it contributes to this long-term demoralization and loss.”
How long it should take to dispose of a misdemeanor case in court, according to the American Bar Association: 3 months maximum.
The view from the sidelines, as reported by the U. of C. law school’s Ann-Marie Burley (Chronicle, February 22): “We had a roundtable breakfast [last September in Berlin] with some French defense experts on European security. They talked for over two hours, and the United States was not mentioned once.”
