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Based on last year's experience, the school district decided to expand the program to the sixth and eighth grades this year, using a $500,000 grant from the State of California--one of three handed out for single-sex programs. In doing so, it hopes to confirm the hypothesis that students in the single-sex classes do better than their coed peers...
...part Jiang needs the visit to confirm him as a major player on the global stage and consolidate his power against Beijing hard-liners. While the nation?s leaders, on both sides of the aisle, are likely to accord Jiang the respect he needs, the Chinese leader's dealings with the press and hostile congressmen, a scheduled speech at Harvard, and the likelihood that he?ll be dogged by protests across the country, all create potential for damaging incidents beyond the control of the administration...
While Harvard and White House officials refused to confirm yesterday whether Jiang will speak on campus, the University has already held a lottery for tickets to the event. Harvard officials said a building has not yet been set aside for the speech...
...from the main crash site. Last week police sources said that spectroscopic analysis of the paint samples taken from scratches on the Mercedes' right side showed that the paint could have come from a Fiat Uno. It may be another week before experts complete their analysis and confirm the results. But investigators were leaning toward the theory that Diana and Dodi's car may have sideswiped a smaller, slow-moving vehicle before careening out of control...
Ezra F. Vogel, Ford professor of the social sciences and director of the Fair-bank Center for East Asian Studies, said an announcement is likely by Thursday. "We hope it works out but we cannot confirm" the visit, he said last night...