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...sounds eerily similar to that used in discussing K-12 education plans, which have served as justification for cutting funds from “underperforming” schools. Like the No Child Left Behind Act, this plan is being pitched as an improvement in efficiency and accountability, and a boon to parents, students, lawmakers and taxpayers...
...prize will be a boon for concentrators in government, history, history and literature and social studies, department members said...
...arrival of the scorching Arab summer; maybe thousands of American soldiers will not be cut down in street fighting in Baghdad; maybe Saddam, realizing he has nothing left to lose, will not fire off whatever biological or chemical weapons he possesses; maybe the war will not act as a boon to al Qaeda—America’s real enemy in the “War Against Terrorism”—as they seek to portray the U.S. as violent, anti-Muslim aggressors. Maybe...
...close match in three sets, and Bergman suffered another heart-wrenching defeat—a match that came down to a 10-8 tiebreak against the No. 18 player in the nation. While Bergman’s defeat did not impact the team win, it would have been a boon to her national ranking...
While professors look at the gift as a boon to the department, Merck officials say they, too, have something to gain by freeing researchers to do more experimental research...