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...Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) requires that exams in reading, writing, math, science and social studies be taken in alternating years by the state's third- through eighth-graders. High school students must pass reading, writing and math tests. Administrators at some high-scoring schools can earn bonuses of as much as $25,000; low-performing schools risk takeover by the state. Texas officials boast that since 1994, scores have risen by 27%, and more students are taking the SAT and college-level advanced-placement exams. A study released last month by the Rand Corp. ranked Texas first...
...once dated a woman, a New York artist, who went through her checklist for me, point by point. Her dream man needed to earn more money than she did--50% more, to be exact. He had to have a wide and varied social circle drawn from the city's upper echelons. Last, he had to be in therapy--not just any form of therapy, mind you, but classical Freudian therapy. I was flummoxed. Because I liked the woman, I set to work remaking myself according to her outline, but midway through my self-improvement drive, she dropped me cold...
...plain truth is, this tax is an embarrassment. It amounts to multiple taxation on enterprise and hard-earned savings. We get taxed when we earn. We get taxed when we spend. We should not get taxed when we save. The estate tax was instituted in part to help fund World War I. News flash: the war is over. We won. Peace is at hand, and we have a budget surplus...
...local people in charge of local schools --To abolish the "death tax" --To sign a bill banning partial-birth abortion --To uphold the honor and dignity of the presidency --To earn military's respect --To promote alternatives to abortion --To help poor families find their own homes --To promote the teaching of abstinence in schools...
...rare for a corporate chieftain to earn a place on a national ticket. And Cheney's years as head of an industrial giant that extracts natural resources and operates in unstable and undemocratic places would seem an inviting target. Right after George W. Bush gave Cheney the vice-presidential nod, traditionally Democratic supporters ranging from environmentalists to labor unions to plaintiffs' lawyers were sharpening their knives. "Cheney's record at the company is not well known but will be scrutinized very closely," predicted former Congressman Lee Hamilton, a moderate Democrat. "Politically, this becomes a very important matter...