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...Sept. 11 catastrophe made tragically clear, the fanatic groups behind such terrorism will no longer content themselves with conventional, low-tech forms of attack. They aim to go further and hit harder by using biological and chemical weapons and no doubt bombs packed with radioactive material, not to mention cyberterrorism. To carry out their strikes, these groups have recruited and trained two types of terrorists. The first is psychologically and intellectually weak and is used to stage such "classic" attacks as car bombings, hijackings and kidnappings. Recruits who fit a second, stronger profile are referred to as God's Brigade...
...Through content or means of creation, each work in this show integrates this central notion of the fine line between the two traditions of art. The exhibition succeeds in its didactic intentions: It is relevant and easily understandable, but not so obvious as to be shallow. Perhaps its greatest strength is in allowing these paintings—each so different in style, and each powerful enough to stand alone—to come together, to seem connected, to take on new meaning through association...
...what if you’re Joe Torre? Are you content that your starting pitcher has simply given you a chance to win, instead of an actual win? This is Roger Clemens you’ve sent to the hill—not some run-of-the-mill, Game Four-type starter, but actually, according to the pitching setup in the Oakland series, your staff ace. Somehow, I think, you have to be hoping for a little better than five-and-out from your...
...school district, that district must provide a three-year program that brings those students to competency in English. At the same time, it must provide additional native language instruction in other subjects, such as math and science, so that students do not fall behind their peers in learning course content. The Unz proposal seeks to end that system, which now serves over 49,000 public school students...
...recognize the fundamental importance of learning and understanding the scientific method. But courses must teach content as well as method, and the content of the required courses—in the Core or its successor—should be structured so as to provide students with a degree of scientific understanding that can be retained past the final exam and be applied to the pressing issues that technological advance will bring...