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...taught the rest of us as well. If Julia Child gave American women the information and confidence to master the French classics, Lukins freed them from the strictures of a single cuisine. In her best-selling Silver Palate cookbooks, co-authored with Julee Rosso, she borrowed flavors and techniques from around the world to create a sophisticated style that 1980s America, with its new prosperity and attention to food, was ready to claim as its own. The dinner party was never the same...
...because many teachers believe the tests are unreliable indicators of student performance. "Our disappointment is clear," says Kay Brilliant, director of education policy and practice for the National Educators Association, the nation's largest teachers' union. "If it's going to be more of the same, more NCLB [No Child Left Behind], more testing and minimal support, then we're not interested." Duncan admits he is tackling the Everest of entrenched interests with this particular reform. "It's pretty controversial," he says of the rule. "But to say that great teaching doesn't matter and should be disconnected from student...
Such messages are admissible in most U.S. states as long as they are authentic. In France, proof of infidelity won't affect child custody or asset division, but it can reduce the separation period (two years in contested cases) required before obtaining a divorce. The ruling prompted French telecoms to warn that it's possible to recover deleted texts within 10 days of sending them...
...York Cheating the Poorest Low-income workers regularly earn less than minimum wage and are often denied proper overtime pay, according to one of the largest recent studies of wage-law violations. Interviews with nearly 4,400 people in sectors such as retail and child care found that on average, workers did not receive 15% of their rightful pay. Employees injured on the job also reported widespread pressure not to file for workers' compensation...
...chief prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp witnessed many firsts, including the first ever convictions for the recruitment of child soldiers and the first convictions for sexual slavery and forced marriages as crimes against humanity. Now he's joining the Obama Administration as ambassador-at-large for war-crimes issues and taking his pursuit of justice to the rest of the world. (See the TIME multimedia essay "Death and Life in Sierra Leone...