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This is the root inspiration for the vogue Democratic criticism of NCLB, not the fact that NCLB is unfunded. Indeed, the Bush administration has increased education spending 35.8 percent since it took office, a boost that accounts for the largest dollar increase of any domestic agency. Likewise, the reason why NCLB is being attacked is not because something went terribly wrong with the implementation of the bill—on the contrary, it’s working exactly as planned, coercing states (with however much disregard for local hardships) to educate children better or forego federal dollars, an idea that...
...Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) will undergo renovations this summer that are expected to boost the amount of available workout equipment by 90 percent and nearly double the space available for student recreational athletics by Fall...
...tighten the nation's belt in the first year or two of his term, then bust the budget in years three and four. That pattern would crimp corporate earnings and stock prices in the first half of a presidential term (giving savvy investors a chance to buy low), and boost them in the second half (time to take profits...
...argues that the remote option will lead to safety improvements, but unions fear trains will become completely automated. "Human mistakes are a big issue," he says. "If an engineer exceeds his authority or fails to acknowledge a signal, the computer knows and can stop it." To cut accidents and boost efficiency in large switching yards, BNSF already uses remote-control belt packs on workers who move railcars around while they are on foot...
...With a boost from technology, big American railroads like BNSF are rebounding from the uncertainty that followed a wave of mergers in the 1990s. The railroads are laying tracks, buying locomotives and hustling to win business from the trucking industry. Traffic is up at each of the big four railroads--Union Pacific and BNSF in the West and Norfolk Southern and CSX in the East. "People from all over the world, from Europe to China, come to look at our system," boasts Matthew Rose, BNSF's chairman, president and CEO. They marvel, he says, at technological innovations like BNSF...