Word: barring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Homework is done in radically different environments and is biased against poorer kids," says Etta Kralovec, director of educational studies at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. In the early '90s she surveyed Maine high school dropouts, who all cited their inability to keep up with homework as a major factor in the decision to leave school. Kralovec's solution to the inequities: "Homework should be done in school by all students--poor, middle and upper class--so that they all have the same access to computers and teachers." Boston's Dorchester High School has taken...
...Grads thought it was too much of a liability. Final clubs were not designed to accommodate people who came by after the [Crimson Sports Bar and] Grille," he said. "The discussion wasn't if we should do it. It was why we were doing...
Besides loving to cook, Reidt prides himself onbeing available to customers. During the week,after 10 p.m. or so, he said he likes to take aseat in the restaurant or at the raw bar and justenjoy the atmosphere...
...darker clouds on the horizon. It's both good p.r. and a realistic assessment of how fast this industry changes," says TIME's San Francisco bureau chief Michael Krantz. "You always want to outperform people's expectations. If you're a dominant company you want people to set the bar lower so you can always do more." This low-key response may also be part of an effort to convince the public -- and more importantly the Justice Department -- that supplying the software for 90 percent of the world's personal computers doesn't constitute a monopoly. If courts believe otherwise...
...hard to make predictions, but that's part of his appeal. And however things turn out, he can't be worse than the other hyenas in high places. "Isn't politics 90% showmanship anyway?" asks Jim Murphy, a tattooed bouncer at Billy's on Grand, a St. Paul bar...