Word: bonding
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...within three blocks of any state House. And on a community-by-community basis, the same school board system that allows the religious right to hijack school control in the South allows the NEA to do it elsewhere. Most localities in the United States hold separate school trustee and bond elections, meaning far lower voter turnouts—usually between 10 and 20 percent—than the already-disappointing numbers in a statewide or even municipal election. Besides being problematic for those who have utopian visions of the wonders decentralization can do for America’s schools, this...
...Montague, a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine, gave subjects the "Pepsi Challenge" in an fMRI scanner. Result: people found Pepsi more pleasing to the palate--their reward center lit up--but Coke's branding hit literally at the core of their sense of self, a much stronger bond. This affirms what we all suspected: brands are so powerful that we are sometimes more likely to buy something we identify with than something we like better or that is better...
...Total Rehaul Voters in California gave the green light to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plans to raise $15 billion in bonds to reduce the state's massive debts. The measure ranks as the largest municipal bond issue in U.S. history...
Urquidez, who is a Texas native of Mexican descent, says that his fraternity has meant so much to him because most of its members “come from backgrounds strong in family values, so we bond together here as a family…it is hard being away from everything you know.” Urquidez’s roommate, Joseph P. Fishman ’05, says that “He has definitely been frustrated at times being the only one, but hey, who wouldn’t be?” Ponce confirms that...