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...will also cap district leaders’ efforts to come to terms with a problem they had long brushed aside—the need for drastic action on elementary schools to combat years of declining enrollment...
...military is setting itself up all around the perimeter. Diplomats went to Turkey to negotiate for basing rights and got a half-yes. Chief of the U.S. Central Command, General Tommy Franks, flew to his forward command center in Qatar to play war games that could turn into combat overnight. An armada of a dozen ships steamed off to possible war stations, and Pentagon planners prepared to call up a first batch of reserves. One way or another, the U.S. insists, Saddam is going to be disarmed. --Reported by Massimo Calabresi and Mark Thompson/Washington, Lisa Clausen/Melbourne, Kim Ghattas/Baghdad, Andrew Purvis/Vienna...
...desire to meet America’s real ambassador can just waltz right into one of his six restaurants. Cast in larger-than-life statutes, Ronald sits in the lotus position atop four of Lahore’s six McDonald’s. With his bushy hair and red combat boots, the enormous clown confidently greets all those below...
...suggest that Harvard students are immune to the temptations of plagiarism is overly optimistic. The threat of potential academic dishonesty in the Harvard community is not to be taken lightly and professors should feel free to use any measure available, including new computer software, to combat plagiarism. Such a step will help to preserve the integrity of academics at Harvard...
...freeze-dried tomato juice that comes from fruit carrying a gene from a strain of the E. coli bacterium. This vaccine can fight off diarrheal diseases. I didn't realize such a thing was possible. I'm glad to know there are scientists trying to find better ways to combat disease in impoverished Third World countries. MARIA MAMAH Union Springs...