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When I was a young child, my mother would take my brother and me there for a yogurt cone if we behaved during the weekly trip to the grocery next-store. My favorite flavor was boysenberry. Lola made sure I always got a big serving...
Once settled into our yogurt-cone routine, my brother and I skipped shopping all together and visited with Lola and the other customers while my mom went by herself. Lola had us sit up at the counter, right with the adults, who would talk with Lola while she worked...
Bush's blueprint is the Margaret H. Cone Head Start Center in Dallas, where kindergartners' verbal scores rocketed 20% on standardized exams after the center adopted a language-centered curriculum. But this formula, slowly set in motion by a 1998 federal law, could be difficult to clone nationwide: average per pupil spending for Head Start is slightly more than $5,000, vs. more than $7,000 at the corporate-backed Cone Center. Even if Congress okays the move from HHS to the Education Department (President Jimmy Carter tried--and failed--to do the same), the change of responsibility will...
...Bush's blueprint is the Margaret H. Cone Head Start Center in Dallas, where kindergartners' verbal scores rocketed 20% on standardized exams after the center adopted a language-centered curriculum. But this formula, slowly set in motion by a 1998 federal law, could be difficult to clone nationwide: average per pupil spending for Head Start is slightly more than $5,000, vs. more than $7,000 at the corporate-backed Cone Center. Even if Congress okays the move from HHS to the Education Department (President Jimmy Carter tried - and failed - to do the same), the change of responsibility will...
...these Yankees are an aging champion. Pitching: David Cone is 37, Roger Clemens is 38, and nobody knows how old Orlando Hernandez is. Fielders: Paul O'Neill is 38 and can barely run; Chuck Knoblauch can't throw. Scott Brosius and Tino Martinez are both new-dynasty staples who are reaching the end of their usefulness. The front office is drowning in big contracts and the farm system is filled with guys who deserve their shot. After this season, the team is due for an overhaul. This World Series, win or lose, will likely...