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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...shake. By 2010, in and around Shanghai there will be some 2,600 miles (4,200 km) of new highways that didn't exist in 2000. And millions of new cars will be traversing them. Shanghai may make Los Angeles on a bad day look as clear as a bell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Short March | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

...declared, a victory for the People's Dog, the dog next door, albeit one bred for glory, since Uno is the great-granddoggy of a famous champion of the 1990s. With victory come the spoils, steak on a silver platter at Sardi's, a chance to ring the opening bell on Wall Street. Anticipating a rush to beagle breeders, veterans had one piece of advice for would-be parents: Be sure to get a fence first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best in Show | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

...Psych is easy, wait ’til you date me! 11.) Did you know that the average Harvard student has 0-0.5 partners a year? So if you have a threesome with me and your roommate, you’ll already be in the A-range of the bell curve! 12.) I don’t really have time for dating, but I’d love to be in a Facebook relationship. 13.) Hey baby, if you get with me, I’ll screw you harder than your Ec 10 final. 14.) I tried to draw...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 "Unmentionables:" Harvard Pick-Up Lines | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...teachers meet in small groups led by a master teacher for one to two hours a week, generally during the school day. That degree of supervision can be a tough sell to veteran teachers. "I hated it tooth and nail," says Cathy Dailey, who has been teaching science at Bell Street Middle School in Clinton, S.C., for 21 years. "All of a sudden I had to articulate my goals and know that someone was going to come in and watch me." Dailey particularly disliked being forced to reflect in writing on how well her lessons went. "I'd rather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Make Great Teachers | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...Since Bell Street Middle School adopted TAP in 2001, it has doubled the percentage of students scoring at an advanced level in math and reading and reduced the percentage scoring "below basic" in math 46%. Meanwhile, teacher turnover has fallen from a disastrous 32% a year to less than 10%. Jason Culbertson, who heads TAP in South Carolina, says such improvements in student achievement, quality of teaching and teacher morale are typical. A recent analysis involving 610 TAP teachers in six states, conducted by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, the nonprofit that runs TAP, found that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Make Great Teachers | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

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