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Other sacrifices may not be so easily recouped. Critics, including some classroom teachers, contend that many test-prep activities--such as skimming instead of reading passages or speedily filling in bubble sheets--do nothing to really expand brainpower or knowledge. For example, a Kaplan guide to the writing section of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills counsels students not to dwell on spelling and punctuation: "If you write a deeply moving essay with atrocious grammar, you might still get a...passing score." Says Walt Haney, a testing expert at Boston College: "My main worry is that students will learn...
...Japanese point out that other colonial powers such as the French and British filled their museums with booty collected from their sprawling empires. Japanese officials and scholars contend they rediscovered and helped to preserve the glories of ancient Korea, which the Koreans had long forgotten. Says Lee Sungsi, a professor of Korean literature at Tokyo's Waseda University: "The Koreans keep accusing Japan of stealing but the Japanese think they did something good. They think they should be thanked...
...sell more seats than are available to account for passengers who simply don't turn up. The Commission estimates that some 250,000 passengers were left to while away the hours at European airports in 1999 because their flights had been intentionally overbooked. Predictably, industry officials are livid. They contend the Commission had agreed to forgo such damages as a gesture of support in the wake of the September terrorist attacks in the U.S. The airlines will have an opportunity to officially argue their case before the ruling becomes law. Still, the issue in Brussels is likely to spread...
...issue is more difficult, or more important, than how we contend with the opportunities and the moral challenges presented by science and biotechnology in the new century,” Sandel wrote in an e-mail...
...issue is more difficult, or more important, than how we contend with the opportunities and the moral challenges presented by science and biotechnology in the new century,” Sandel wrote in an e-mail...