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...School district administrators are finalizing a district-wide improvement plan that Jennings said would provide more than a "band-aid approach" to erasing inequities in Cambridge schools. The plan aims to standardize curriculum and improve teaching across the district...
Indeed, some have complained that PBHA's direct-service focus consists mostly of "band-aid work"--providing quick help without offering long-term solutions--that does not address systemic issues...
...Gore may keep his bald spot out of sight by avoiding certain camera angles, but last week there was no hiding the giant boil on George W. Bush's face. His bulging Band-Aid drew a lot of attention, so we asked a few cosmetic experts for better ways of dealing with such a large blemish...
...office "the responsible course of action." "If the result is confirmed, he said, "we'll be ready." He said this as he sat for the cameras in Austin surrounded by the likes of "loyal friends" Lawrence Lindsey and Condy Rice. Update: The presumptive President-elect has a big Band-Aid on his jaw, and he looks a little tired and tense...
...foreign policy. Having taken the reins just as the collapse of the Soviet Union nullified the organizing principle of postwar U.S. foreign policy, the Clinton administration failed to define the U.S. national interest and formulate the resultant strategies and priorities. Instead, Republicans charge, it's been a mishmash of Band-Aid solutions and crisis management that has often simply deferred problems while fundamental concerns have been neglected...