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...Online publishing and electronic textbooks will most likely transform the industry. The Web gives content producers the tools to align their materials with state standards and assessments, and smaller, more research-based publishers should face fewer barriers to entry. But quality content will always be expensive to produce, and states will still have to decide what to buy. Says Pearson's Jovanovich: "Technology is just an enabler. It's what we do with it that will matter...
...current hour, though, belongs to Federal Judge Barbara Jones. During 10 weeks of testimony ending Aug. 22, trustbusters tried to persuade her to make the big banks align themselves with one brand if they'd like a board seat. They also asked the court to allow their banks to issue cards with Amex or Discover. The goal: increase competition between brands without impeding competition between banks...
Everywhere the symbols will align to send a comfortable message. The imperial raised platform will be gone, replaced by a lower, more accessible stage; Washington politicians will be shoved off to side stages and obscure time slots; and an entire classroom of inner-city kids will spotlight Bush's education proposals. A final night devoted to testimonials to the candidate will feature an African-American preacher; women will be prominently displayed in prime-time speaking roles every night...
There's a downside to such success. It fuels the conservative myth that private efforts can replace government, when the fact is you can barely fill the gaps created by budget cutbacks even when all the stars--literally--align themselves. With Save the Music, the limit on raising funds is the limit of performers' willingness to headline concerts, such as the Concert of the Century at the White House last October, featuring B.B. King, Lenny Kravitz and Melissa Etheridge, who were introduced by Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey, and April's Divas 2000 concert, starring Diana Ross. And Hollywood helped...
...Gore, the Waters debacle was a reminder of the perils of ethnic politics. The Vice President's decision to align himself with Cuban-American voters may have helped his chances of carrying Florida, but the move has Gore's black allies shaking their heads. "This was purely a political decision catering to the Cuban Americans in Miami," says Congressman Charles Rangel, the New York Democrat who represents Harlem...