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...Many film critics assign Bergman to a lower rank because, they say, he makes filmed plays. I don't see this as a limitation, but wouldn't you agree that he was essentially a film writer who directed his own work...
...vote for him or her as President is a respectable, even inspiring one. It would be the view of the majority on the current Supreme Court. In its big ruling on school desegregation last month, Parents Involved v. Seattle, the Justices forbade school districts to use race to assign students to schools--even for the purpose of desegregation. Chief Justice John Roberts quoted many of the Court's golden oldies on this point, like this from a 2000 case: "It demeans the dignity and worth of a person to be judged by ancestry instead...
...deludes us into thinking we don’t have to address the significant issue,” Noguera said. “In New York City, we assign the least experienced teachers to the students with the highest needs...
...Where poverty doesn't correlate closely with race, socio-economic status can be a bust. San Francisco stopped using race to assign students in 2001 and adopted a plan based in large part on economic factors like a students' eligibility for housing assistance or the free-meals program. Though the city's school district says it is "racially and culturally diverse" overall, it admits that its individual schools "have severely resegregated...
...drive to define one’s environment and oneself, the desire to assign value and make sense of nonsense—all these are worthy, difficult goals for the striving writer. For me, they are the chief appeal of journalism...