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...Boston Renaissance Charter School became one of Edison's first clients when the school was founded in 1995. But a desire to move in a different curricular direction and disappointment with scores on Massachusetts state exams are prompting school officials to vacate their five-year contract with Edison this summer, three years before it was set to expire in 2005. "There was a sense that we're ready to do this on our own," says Dudley Blodget, Renaissance's president. "Test scores were one factor, but we really felt we didn't need the whole school-management piece any longer...
...charter, and perhaps last, standing member of the Lower Montgomery Street Olive or Onion Society, established in 1956 in search of the perfect civilized martini, I cannot believe San Franciscans have come to embrace a cactus distillate requiring several buffering additives to become palatable. Herb would never have allowed it. BRUCE A. STEELE, Scottsdale, Ariz...
...recent years, Greek groups have experienced a surge of popularity. Sigma Chi started the wave when four students formed a colony in 1989. After they maintained an active and interested group for a few years, the national fraternity granted the Harvard students a charter to become the Kappa Eta chapter...
Garvin, a TV producer for nearly 30 years, is amazed at the turnaround on HDTV. "A year ago, we were way out front. No one else was at the table. Suddenly, in the past month, cable operators, the Comcasts, the AOLs, Charter have all decided it's time to get high def into homes," he says. "It's starting to look like Mark may have hit another home...
...noticed the trend toward private aviation in 1998, when congestion and delays at Europe's hub airports were angering "the passengers most important to [the commercial airlines'] revenues, first-class and full-fare economy flyers, the very people who are in a position to go elsewhere." Solon expects private charter services will continue to grab big chunks of the top-end commercial market, where margins are as comfortable as a first-class seat. Meanwhile, low-cost operators like easyJet and Ryanair will siphon off budget passengers. And that's a squeeze that could keep Europe's big airlines...