Word: america
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That such small beer can set off a furor proves how ideologically hamstrung our schools debate has become. Still, if Bush's plan is largely symbolic, it's also sensible, offering coherent baby steps to lift the skills of America's neediest kids. Take his plan for Head Start, the popular preschool program that serves 850,000 disadvantaged children. While the 35-year-old program was meant to close the achievement gap between poor and middle-class toddlers, researchers agree it has brought no lasting gains. Most say that's because Head Start has become more of a day-care...
...Kroks received the necessary permits to perform in China from the Chinese Ministry of Culture earlier this year, but the government changed its mind the day after the U.S. government released the Cox Report, which details Chinese espionage in America...
...midfield is led by senior Armando Petruccelli. Perhaps the team's strongest force on the field, Petruccelli is a legitimate All-America candidate whose tenacity and knowledge form a deadly combination for opponents. He is looking to improve further upon a stellar season last year that saw him tally seven goals and three assists, leading the Crimson with 17 points...
...people are going to be watching to see what kind of commitment Harvard makes," she said. "I'm a 47-year-old woman who has worked in corporate America for 25 years, and I know that as much as I have been successful, that the playing field is not level. And the playing field is not level in the classrooms at Harvard, and I know people don't always like to hear that...
...might hit glitches along the way. Four years of unemployment, say, or having to cultivate your comedy skills to writing for "America's Most Wanted." Welcome to the life of former Lampoon vice president William L. Oakley...