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...carrier unpersuasive and its problems irredeemable. "Given the risk we face from a military standpoint, given the areas where we think the priorities ought to be, the V-22 is not at the top of the list," he told a Senate committee in 1989. "It came out at the bottom of the list, and for that reason, I decided to terminate it." But the Osprey proved impossible to kill, thanks to lawmakers who rescued it from Cheney's ax time and again because of the home-district money that came with it - and to the irresistible notion that American engineers...
...passed away and many of my patients have now seen the advertising and want the new metal-on-metal hip. The president of my hospital wants it too - he asked me about it just weeks ago. He thinks the "cutting edge" thing would be good for the hospital's bottom line. Even my practice partner, who has personally implanted (and witnessed the early failures of) the old metal hip has started pushing me to do it, wondering if we might be losing patients, losing our reputation, by refusing...
...contrast to math, where kids of all levels seem to be gaining fairly evenly, there are bigger gains in reading at the bottom and middle of the class than at the top. The better students are not improving...
...Another bit of good news is that in math, all boats are rising a little. Even kids in the top 10% are scoring higher on average than in the past, just as the kids in the bottom 10% are. This might ease some concerns that we are failing our best students - at least in math...
...grade kids and 66% of 8th graders perform below basic level in math and 61% of District 4th graders read below a basic level. Also in the reading hall of shame are Mississippi, with 49% of 4th graders reading below the basic level; Louisiana with 48% at the bottom; and California with 47% of its 4th graders reading below basic...