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...Pakistani relationship is driven by geopolitical considerations,” he told the group of about 25 people, noting that his country??s current role—providing its airspace, logistical support and intelligence—parallels Pakistan’s Cold War position in U.S. foreign policy...
Pakistan has gained importance as a strategic partner and the country??s leadership has gained legitimacy in American eyes, he said, by aiding U.S. efforts to fight terrorism and supporting its recent war in Afghanistan...
Shafqat pointed to President Pervez Musharraf’s address at the ARCO Forum last fall as evidence that the country??s leader was “baptized” as a legitimate political figure...
...just made us feel that somehow that magazine had a purpose for a lot of people—not that we didn’t know that from earlier correspondance, but somehow, from far, distant Oklahoma, as Americans responding to an injury that really happened to the whole country??the response gave us a sense that here we are, and this is what we’re about...
Standardized tests alone will not improve the education of this country??s children. Tests of reasonable length might be good as diagnostic measures—to pinpoint which students, classes or schools need extra help. But actual improvements in education can only occur when reforms are made. Tests need to be combined with better staff training, better teaching, better use of resources and better organization to have any significant effect. And while standardized tests can be used for diagnostics, by only testing certain skills, they are not full measures of student achievement. These imperfect tests should...