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...coalition. But Mrs. Gandhi made clear on Friday that the economic liberalization program overseen by Vajpayee was, in fact, launched over a decade ago by her husband, and her government would continue on the same track of opening India to the world economy. She may, of course, have been anxious to reassure India's stock market, which dropped to a four-year low on the news of her victory, but Congress is committed to a broadly similar economic program as the BJP had been. Commitment to economic liberalization may put a strain on relations with the socialist parties, suggesting that...
...that “the school you attend will help determine your future—your career, your lifetime friends, even where you’ll live and work after college”—a low-key message indeed. College admissions camps simply exploit the fears of anxious parents and overachieving students to line their pockets. They portray the college admissions process as a ridiculous, high-stakes game whose solutions only they can provide—and for a preposterous...
...bomb that goes off in Athens is worrying," said Bob Elphinston, secretary general of the Australian Olympic Committee. The Defense College's Bossi says, "If these [security] systems are in fact in effect, then this attack is unacceptable. It shouldn't have happened." Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis was anxious to contain the damage. The bombings, he said, were "an isolated incident" that do "not affect whatsoever the country's preparations for the safety of the Olympics." No group has claimed responsibility for the explosions, but officials are certain they were carried out by local radicals or anarchists with...
Kids aren't the only ones afraid of classroom discipline these days. Teachers and other school officials are increasingly anxious about getting sued. Two-thirds of teachers surveyed said they worry at least as much about lawsuits as about test results. Such legal action has "a chilling effect on teachers' willingness to discipline students or even to pat them on the back," says John Mitchell of the American Federation of Teachers. Here are some recent school-related cases. --By Jeremy Caplan...
...Tarbiat Modarres University in Tehran hang on his every utterance. Kadivar, 44, has found academic stardom a dangerous occupation in Iran--in 1999 he was jailed for 18 months for his ideas. But his scholarly perseverance has led to breakthroughs in one of the great intellectual quests of our anxious age: reconciling Islamic traditions and modern democracy. "Kadivar puts his finger on the burning issues for progressive Muslims," says Iranian reformist Mostafa Tajzadeh. "He has broken taboos which others were too afraid to even approach...