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...congressional mandates deserve only part of the blame. Beginning early last year, the state attorney general's office started gathering an extraordinary collection of legal depositions from city-school administrators and teachers that describe a dysfunctional management culture--dubbed in an earlier management audit the "culture of complacency"--that hindered effective use of the money that Baltimore schools received each year. In particular the depositions provide telling testimony on the "dance of the lemons," a phrase education researchers use to describe the way school bureaucracies shuffle unproductive, even dangerous, employees from post to post...
...royal row over Diana's death (People Daily), while bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones has regained consciousness and is apparently able to talk (Reuters) ... In Northern Ireland, a mystery bomb is a setback for peace talks (TIME Daily) ... Congress is considering a proposal that would have business executives audit the IRS (TIME Daily) ... William Weld is keeping a low profile in the wake of quitting his battle with Senator Jesse Helms (TIME Daily), just as the country he wanted to be ambassador to, Mexico, is praised for its drug-fighting efforts (Reuters) ... Steve Jobs has been named interim CEO of Apple...
...this tactic backfire and force millions to quit the coffin nails? Not according to a US Treasury Department audit leaked over the weekend. It says Big Tobacco will recoup settlement losses ? and more ? from those who keep on puffing despite the health risks and a price hike. Only seven percent of smokers would quit if they had to pay an extra 62 cents per pack, according to the report...
...cannot do it alone. I urge you to contact your state legislators in support of the student loan tax cut. --State Senator Cheryl A. Jacques, chair of the Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight and chief sponsor of the Student Loan Tax Cut Bill...
...www.odci.gov/cia/ Enter--and browse--at your own risk. "The Government may monitor and audit the usage of this system," warns the splash page...