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...high will the waters rise? Scientists debated that question at a conference in Racine, Wis., last month. "We agree we can reasonably expect next year's maximum to be ten inches above this year's," says Charles Collinson, principal geologist at the Illinois State Geological Survey. Projections based on long-term weather patterns offer no comfort. Says Collinson: "We agree we can expect high lake levels for six years and possibly even a decade more." Curtis Larsen, a U.S. Geological Survey researcher who has studied the lakes' ebb and flow dating back 7,000 years, predicts Lake Michigan may ultimately...
...fans. The NHL players' refusal to accept a salary cap caused many people in the hockey support industry - vendors, arena staff, employees of sports bars - to lose their jobs, and now the NHL guys are displacing European players and taking their jobs. All for the sake of money. David Collinson Victoria, Canada Importing Knowledge Re your report on the Davos World Economic Forum [Jan. 31]: Those who defend economic globalization against the charge that it makes rich countries poor often refer to the reasoning of economist Jagdish Bhagwati and his colleagues. They maintain that it is not realistic to assume...
Cabot, R. M.; Calkins, H.; Carr, F. J., Jr.; Carstensen, W.; Chadwick, T., Jr.; Chiesa, R. W.; Cliff, W. H., Jr.; Collinson, S. E., Jr.; Connolly, J. F.; Conway, J. F., Jr.; J. F. Jr.; Cook, K. S.; Cooke, W. P. Jr.; Coolidge, C. A.; Jr.; Corbett...
...precarious. Last year Muscatine lost about $500,000 in state funding, and more cuts are expected. In February, first-graders joined the older kids in taking the 4 1/2-hour test, spread over two weeks. Many teachers consider that insane. "It's a long, hard test on a little one," Collinson admits, but they need to get used to it. --Reported by Betsy Rubiner/Muscatine and David Thigpen/Chicago
...weeks later, the test results came in, and the teachers happily swarmed Collinson's office to see the improved scores. But the triumph was complicated. "There are parts of [No Child Left Behind] that are positive and good," says Naber, "but there's a huge portion that's horrible." The casualties include social studies, creative writing and teacher autonomy. "They're not learning civics, history, geography--a lot of essential skills that they're going to need to be good democratic citizens," says fifth-grade teacher Shane Williams. The fourth grade used to spend a year on states' history, geography...