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...comes back after the election, it will be difficult for him to rule legitimately. This is the big problem that creates all kinds of uncertainties. Whatever decision or policies the government makes, there's always the feeling that it could be reversed after he goes. It's going to affect the ability of Thaksin to govern, and businesses will factor this into account. Investments that require a stable climate will be delayed...
...year the school was re-accredited in record time, according to Knight.NUMBER CRUNCHINGWhile re-accreditation was a positive step for the school, Knight noted that the achievement gap—the national disparity between test scores of white and minority students, which usually falls along class lines—affects CRLS and has proved difficult to fix. Only 25 percent of low-income students at CRLS scored at either the advanced or proficient level on the 10th grade Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) English exam last school year. Twenty-eight percent scored at advanced or proficient levels on the Mathematics...
...with these guys. I stayed there for four days, and they drank and drank all the time. They put the empty bottles around the living room, in the kitchen, everywhere. But I don't drink. It's against my religion. I thought if they drink too much, it would affect me to live with them. When I woke up and saw all these bottles, it made me angry. I wanted to stay in my room. And I can't improve my English with drunk people...
...hurt the box office. Moviegoing, he says, "is like watching a football game. Who in the world would go out in 20-below weather and sit there and watch a football game where you can barely see the players? Football games are on TV, and it doesn't affect stadium attendance at all. It's the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater...
...Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia have begun put their own war criminals on trial; these courts will continue to work long after the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) shuts down its proceedings in The Hague, where Milosevic died under detention and undergoing trial. His death will not affect this slow, difficult journey towards normalcy. He had already played his part: the opening act of hateful bravura, unburdened by conscience, in what will be an extended expatiation of all guilt. Milosevic will be buried. It is now up to the survivors to ensure that the spirit of Milosevic...