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...renovated Sears store he calls home. Not much is going smoothly this morning: the city had its 50th murder the night before, adding to a huge spike above 2005; his opponent in the race for California attorney general has just called him soft on crime; one of the two charter schools he helped start is in need of cash; and now Fox television wants him to go on camera as a commentator and defend a new text-messaging service being marketed to teens that offers information on sex. "I am a little stressed today," he says...
...Peabody School is located a few blocks north of Radcliffe Yard. But when the consolidation occurred despite the protest, causing some of those parents who also fought against the motion to leave the district, Nolan considered running for a seat on the School Committee.After failing to establish a charter school of her own and working for a corporate environmental organization in 2004, Nolan decided to become involved in politics again.“When I had a little free time, I found myself getting sucked right back into going to School Committee meetings and trying to make a change...
...Council sanctions on Iran, and the U.S. isn't even going to try to get a sanctions resolution now. Instead, the U.S. and its key allies will push for another Security Council resolution, reiterating the demand for Iran to cease enrichment activities under Chapter 7 of the U.N.'s charter - which would deem the issue a threat to global security, making non-compliance punishable by sanctions or even military action. Even that may be further than Russia and China are prepared to go. Indeed, U.S. officials have been tamping down expectations of Security Council action, talking instead about assembling...
While boats from Pac-10 powerhouses like Washington, Stanford, and Cal must fly out to New Jersey and drive their boats across the country, East coast crews like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton can charter buses and incur far fewer costs to attend the IRA regatta...
...Over intersession, more than 20 students worked at a charter high school and one of the few remaining public elementary schools in parts of the city affected, though not devastated, by the storm. Gayatri S. Datar ’07 said she was initially hopeful about the city’s possible recovery...