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...have a cold; here are three pills my buddy in Charlotte uses and he says they work,’ you would run out and find another doctor,” Fryer said in an interview with The New York Times. “Somehow, in education, that approach is O.K.”But at least one scholar in the field, Gary Orfield of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, questioned Fryer’s failure to acknowledge existing education research efforts.“What worries me about some of the public statements by Prof. Fryer...
...discussed academic critiques of the Treasury’s bailout proposal and alternatives through which the government might help banks recapitalize, but did not indicate which approach he favored...
...socially integrated into our community, not contained in a low-income enclave. We are actually calling for considerably expanded affordable housing options, in addition to the market-rate units, so that homeowners and tenants of all income groups can be interspersed. Rather than reproduce the stigmas of an older approach to public housing, this plan can help Harvard create a model urban community in Allston/Brighton, just down the street from its gleaming new campus...
...mortgages the Treasury will buy are basically sound, and that the ultimate loss to the government after it sells them could be as little as $100 billion. Others point to a drop in housing prices of nearly 20% since mid-2006 and say the government's eventual loss could approach $1 trillion. By seeking $700 billion - roughly akin to the cost of the Iraq war (so far) - the Treasury is taking a middle path. But many on Capitol Hill are pushing a proposal to commit an initial sum of $150 billion to $200 billion before handing over the whole...
...sniffed that his rival's confidence of a political takeover was a "mirage." Indeed, on Sept. 24, Anwar himself seemed to be scaling back expectations of an imminent political shift. "[The People's Alliance] agreed neither to be provoked into hasty action," he said, "nor to take an irresponsible approach that would lead to instability and greater uncertainty...