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...media conglomerates. Former curator Bill Kovach, who left last summer, was much-admired for his outspoken stance against the disorienting influence of corporate control. In particular, Kovach and other distinguished critics have pointed out that such corporate influence has led to an increased fusion of entertainment, business and editorial content, as well as an increased reliance of facts gained through speculation rather than from responsible, investigative reporting...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Troubled Transition | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...test children every year from third through eighth grades or lose 5% of their federal aid. If a school turned in failing grades three years in a row, its students would receive federal vouchers for tuition at parochial or other private schools. But each state would control the content of its exams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Does Texas Make The Grade? | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...before the winner was announced, CNN interviewed Clay Fondren, a private investigator who determined that the winner was Rudy, using "protonesis," which he described as "a proprietary speech-analysis process." Fondren further explained, "We were able to break down linguistics to the sublayer level, and we gain extra content from that." CNN, however, failed to gain any extra content whatsoever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vote Me Off This News Island! | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

...states test children every year from third through eighth grades or lose 5% of their federal aid. If a school turns in failing grades three years in a row, its students would receive federal vouchers for tuition at parochial or other private schools. But each state would control the content of its exams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Texas Make the Grade? | 9/3/2000 | See Source »

...qualified. I'm always put in a kind of showdown in the 200, and I'd gotten tired of that. I'm a lot more relaxed going to Sydney the way it is." Heading into Atlanta, Johnson demanded attention--"I want all eyes on me." This year he's content to cede the eyeballs to Marion Jones, while he "tries to have some fun" with his family--wife Kerry and three-month-old son Sebastian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sydney Sightseer | 8/30/2000 | See Source »

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