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...Massachusetts rolled out its program for accelerated teacher certification amid great fanfare two years ago, when it offered successful recruits a $20,000 signing bonus. The state currently has 149 former engineers and other professionals working as teachers, and another 100 are being sought to start work in September. Says David Driscoll, the state's commissioner of education: "These are the best and brightest...
WAIVED. TROY AIKMAN, 34, three-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback who has suffered 10 career concussions but no dent in his desire to play; by the Cowboys; in Dallas. If Aikman had been re-signed, his contract would have garnered him a $7 million bonus and an extension through 2007, a cost owner Jerry Jones felt outweighed the player's waning power...
...bonus, Mario Hernandez, the oldest brother and only occasional contributor, appears as the writer of a new series called "Me for the Unknown." Mario specializes in creating semi-sci-fi tales of corporate conspiracy and the individual's struggle against them. Gilbert's straightforward drawings make the story easier to follow than Mario's ambitious style...
Larkworthy, after three years of battling injuries, finally became a key contributor of the bench during her senior year. She always got the call whenver the Crimson needed some aggresive defense on the perimeter. She even hit some big threes on occassion--an added bonus...
...Earnhardt thrived, two elements of his driving career--his readiness to mix it up and his regular place at the center of crashes--continued to make him controversial. His great rival of the 1980s, Darrell Waltrip, once spoke for the field when he said, "You ought to get 10 bonus points for taking Earnhardt out of a race." Neil Bonnett, Earnhardt's best friend at the time, said, "If I can ever catch him, I'm gonna knock the s___ out of him." Bonnett, it is eerie to note, died in 1994 after crashing his Chevrolet into the wall...