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Declaring a school substandard is supposed to make a community eager to improve it. In some areas, though, parents just ignore their school's failing status. "There was no big uproar because only one middle school [in the county] passed, and we didn't stand out," said Denise Kanyuh, president of the PTA at Durant Middle School in Wake County, N.C., which made the state's failing list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Struggle Of The Classes | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...Minh Highway, a $353 million, 1,241-km project scheduled to open any day now. It traces one of the main north-south trunks of the original trail and will also open up dozens of arteries previously off-limits to tourists. We set out on rugged Minsk motorcycles, eager to explore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road to Redemption | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...Eager to Return...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Preps for Stag Hunt | 9/17/2003 | See Source »

...terrorists. But during the same time, police in Pakistan, Yemen and now Thailand have captured terrorist bigwigs. It's hard to avoid the thought that the Bush Administration's policy of war is largely show business. Police investigations are dull, while war is flashy. And politicians are eager to show they're doing something, not just sitting around. Paul Kunino Lynch Katoomba, Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

Entering yesterday’s contest against the Rams (1-4-0), Harvard was eager to release the pent-up anger that had been building since the 2002 meeting...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: M. Soccer Opens With Draw, Victory | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

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