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...rounded out the medal winners with a time of 6:31.05. “It was really nerve-racking, since we’ve never rowed from behind before,” said captain six-seat Morgan Henderson. “I think it’s a huge credit to our guys, and they just came through with it in the end.”—Staff writer Aidan E. Tait can be reached at atait@fas.harvard.edu...
...final weeks of the campaign Nagin released two headline-grabbing initiatives: a new evacuation plan for the upcoming hurricane season, which begins June 1, and news that a consortium of banks had agreed to extend the city a $150 million line of credit to help plug holes in its operating budget. But the evacuation plan included several conditions, such as transportation and shelter for special needs evacuees, that state officials have not yet approved, and the four banks involved in the city budget deal still have not signed the necessary papers...
...strict in the application of its No Child Left Behind law, which established strict standards for measuring students' progress, the Bush administration is finally beginning to show some leniency. Last week, the Department of the Education announced it would allow two states, Tennessee and North Carolina, to get credit for improvements in individual student test scores, even if the students aren't yet passing the state exam. For example, a North Carolina school will now get credit if a student's scores improve from 40 to 65 (on a scale of 100) from third grade to fourth. Before this change...
...part, Panahi warns against giving the current regime too much credit - especially as he waits to see if Offside will be given permission for general release in Iranian theaters. "If anything has been achieved in Iranian cinema, it has been due to the creativity of the filmmakers," he says. "They have decided when and under which conditions to make their films, and what ways they could find for their films to be produced and screened." But all too often creativity means leaving sensitive bits on the cutting-room floor. Moghadam agreed to make several edits to Maxx - the government found...
...Broadmoor, Alicia Hansen is feeling pretty satisfied that she took $30,000 in flood-insurance money and raised her house. She has taken all the funds Red Cross offered and plans to use a tax credit on her new solar paneling. Neighbors now want to raise their houses too but find prices for the job have skyrocketed 50% in the past few months. Hansen added another story as she repaired the house. "And below, it's all patio--party city," she says...