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...training, more resources, school funding based on need. As in Latham's own life, government schools provide the foundation, especially in disadvantaged areas. Universal health care forms another rung in Latham's social-equalization scheme. Reward for effort is his aim in tax and family policy: a "learn or earn" ultimatum for young people, the removal of high marginal-tax rates for families that move from welfare to work. "Responsibility from all, opportunity for all," he says. "That's what I call a good society...
...still can't believe the prices they fetch. "Before the Japanese came, there were so many songrong, we would use baskets to gather them," Sui-nong recalls. "We'd put them in soup or sell them at the market for three yuan [35?] a kilo." Today, top-quality matsutake earn pickers 150 yuan ($18) each, skyrocketing to $500 per kilogram during the meager end-of-season period. "We don't eat them anymore," Sui-nong exclaims. "It's just too expensive...
Harvard dominated the Big Green in games one and four and did just enough to earn a split of the middle two frames en route...
...extra year of school. Accelerants far outscore their equally gifted age-mates who did not move ahead. Radical accelerants also do well, even after jumping years of classes: a 20year longitudinal study of Australians who had skipped at least three grades found they were more likely to earn advanced degrees than equally gifted students who didn't skip...
Unlike the original, in which you had to guess what your Sims wanted, The Sims 2 lists specific aspirations for each character, such as throwing a party or buying a new TV. As you help them reach their goals, they earn points to get things like "cool shades," sunglasses they can wear to impress people, or a money tree, which really grows cash...