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...Cambodian proverb says: If you are strong, make yourself feared; if you are weak, make yourself pitied. Cambodians are deeply insecure, aware that the proud temple-building empire of Angkor, which covered much of Southeast Asia in the 12th century, has shrunk to the small area of today's Cambodia. This insecurity has prompted much irrational aggression. In 1978 Pol Pot launched attacks on Vietnam, bragging that one Cambodian soldier could kill eight Vietnamese. It is a behavior pattern that is deeply rooted in the national psyche: to hold power one must show the utmost ferocity and single-mindedness...
...Lake Woebegon, America's fourth-graders are above average. Unfortunately, it may be all downhill from there, and that suggests that something is wrong with American schools. In the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, American fourth-graders ranked third in science (behind Korea and Japan) and 12th out of the 26 countries in math. In another study last year, U.S. eighth graders finished 17th in math and a woebegone 28th in science. The fact that younger students compare more favorably than older ones suggests that American schools may be slowing them down. Education Secretary Richard Riley says that...
...Together, along with jockey Gary Stevens and owners Bob and Beverly Lewis, they have won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, the first two jewels of the Triple Crown. This Saturday they will try to win the third, the Belmont, and if they do, Silver Charm will become the 12th horse, and the first gray, to win the Triple Crown--a feat last accomplished by Affirmed in 1978. "It hasn't sunk in yet," Baffert said the other day on the backstretch at Churchill Downs, where Silver Charm was relaxing before his 1 1/2-mile race with destiny. "Me, Bobby Baffert...
Sophomore Terri Teller's .329 average and co-captain Katina Lee's .325 average placed them 12th and 14th on the list of the Ivy League's leading hitters. Lee also led the league in hits...
When an April survey by the Yahoo! Internet search engine ranked colleges on effective use of the Internet for educational purposes, it put Harvard 64th out of 100 schools. Yale and Princeton were once again placed above Harvard. Princeton finished 12th and Yale finished 60th [opponents of rankings complained that the methodology for compiling data was not rigorous...