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...experiences of Nikki, a guest who talked to TIME after a recent taping, were not so hilarious. An unemployed high school dropout from Tampa, Fla., Nikki is 20 and has been married to Chico, 27, for less than a month. A few weeks ago, a producer for Springer called and asked if she wanted to appear. She had seen the show only a couple of times, and was skeptical because the producer wouldn't be specific about why they wanted her. That is typical, since the show depends on surprises. The producer pressed on, reassuring her that the experience would...
Perhaps Hatch felt slighted that he didn't get any of the brownies and cookies Microsoft sent to another Senator after the hearing. No matter. It's unlikely Gates is hankering to return. The 42-year-old Harvard dropout may be the world's smartest and richest businessman, but as he learned last week, that and $1.60 get you a cup of chowder in the Rayburn cafeteria...
...current high school dropout rate helps toexplain New Bedford's high unemployment, Rogerssays...
...shortage of bilingual teachers and textbooks. For these reasons, only a third of California's students with limited English get any native-language instruction (mainly because of a shortage of bilingual teachers), making it difficult to blame Latinos' scholastic failures on that approach. Does bilingual education affect the 30% dropout rate of Hispanics nationwide--more than double the rate for blacks or whites? Is it related to Santa Barbara's finding that only 11% of its Latino elementary students read English at grade level and only 18% read Spanish at grade level...
...mess that has none of the storytelling grace he's displayed on happier occasions. In fact, he's succeeded in making John Grisham--the king of popcorn thrillers--lethally boring. There is no shameless entertainment here, no chance to be swept up in instant thrills. Instead, we see Harvard dropout Matt Damon lost in two hours of disjointed storytelling without a touch of drama. --Soman S. Chainani...