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...material by stockpiling scripts and rushing current projects. Still, an extended walk-out could delay the start of the fall television season and cause a noticeable thinning of movie theater fare. Plus, projections by the independent Los Angeles Economic Development Corp. show that a production shutdown caused by dual actor/writer strikes could cost the region at least $2 billion a month...
Until 1993, Fairfax had a dual-track system, in which some students were prepped for college and others were dumped into vocational schools, which were viewed as dead-end depositories for underperforming teens. Now, though, Fairfax has five distinct career academies that bus juniors and seniors in from across this sprawling and diverse county for two-hour courses each school day and then bus them back to their home schools for regular coursework. John Whittman, Chantilly Academy's principal, estimates that 15% of the students are in advanced-placement or honors courses, 25% are special-needs or learning-disabled students...
...find out, I spent last week on a kind of technological Temptation Island, quietly playing with Ultimate TV on the bedroom set while TiVo sat in the living room, blissfully unaware of my cheating. And I'm somewhat relieved to report that for all its dual-channel flashiness, Ultimate TV ultimately failed to sway me from my first love...
...still a bit disappointing, given the Crimson's record. Harvard seemed especially affected by the grueling tournament schedule. Saturday's bouts began at 8 a.m., and went continuously until 6:30 that evening. The rapid-fire nature of the bouts contrasted sharply with the more casual pace of the dual meets in which the Crimson has thrived all year...
Harvard (8-1, 6-1 Ivy) left the rest of the Ivy League in its wake at the championship. Harvard had lost to Princeton in dual-meet competition, but at Easterns, the Crimson won the meet with a total score of 1,560, 259.5 points ahead of Princeton...