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...study by the National Association of Elementary School Principals found that barely half (52 percent) of principals in schools with mandated uniforms reported improved academic performance. There are detractors, including some parents and students in Philadelphia, who turn the argument on its head, believing that enforcement of a dress code will actually distract from the business of learning. And then there are those education analysts who have raised fears that uniforms could in fact accentuate the chasm between the haves and the have-nots. "It's very hard, especially in poor areas, to mandate school uniforms because some families simply...
...Across's satellite) 49. African leaders met in Zimbabwe to discuss peace in this war-ravaged nation 51. Clinton wants to close the "__ Divide" 53. Autobahn autos 54. Org. with a much quoted journal 55. High dudgeon 56. Kind of crime 57. Indy time 58. Three dots, in Morse code...
DIED. HERBERT WECHSLER, 90, Columbia University law school professor who helped shape the U.S. legal system, toiling 10 years to create a model penal code and defending the New York Times in the landmark 1964 First Amendment case New York Times v. Sullivan, which found that public officials had to prove libelous statements were printed with "actual malice" or "reckless disregard" for the truth; in New York City...
...rewrite the company's disclosure and marketing policies. Among the terms of the offer: Consumers would be able to purchase PCs with Windows operating systems and without Internet Explorer; the company would not require computer makers to promote Microsoft products over other companies' offerings; and the holy grail of code would finally see the light of day: Microsoft's proposal would provide universal access to the company?s application programming interfaces...
...When computer code becomes a weapon, when everything becomes immaterial, we will have to make a distinction more precisely between speech, for example, and a weapon," he said. "We may have to amend the Constitution...