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...ever confused Myron Rolle for an average college student. For one thing, the 6'2" safety at Florida State has NFL scouts drooling; for another, he's already earned his pre-med degree in two-and-a-half years. But his itinerary last weekend was particularly extraordinary. On Nov. 22, the Seminoles' safety jetted off to Birmingham, Ala., where he sat for a final interview for the Rhodes Scholarship, generally viewed as the country's most prestigious. After learning he was one of the 32 student-athletes in the country to earn the honor - and with it, two years...
...statistical method to measure the influence of a teacher." It was opposed by the NEA. In his book The Audacity of Hope, he sounded as if he were channeling urban-school reformers like Rhee: "There's no reason why an experienced, highly qualified and effective teacher shouldn't earn $100,000," he wrote. "There's just one catch. In exchange for more money, teachers need to become more accountable for their performance--and school districts need to have greater ability to get rid of ineffective teachers." Then, in a speech before the NEA in 2007, he endorsed merit pay, provoking...
...long walk through the schizophrenia of the Cuban economy, still caught in the maw of the U.S. blockade and hampered by its own gross inefficiency. At an open-air market behind the capitol, mangoes, okra, guavas and limes are everywhere--and cheap. Good thing too because most Cubans earn from $15 to $25 a month and survive off the ration books that offer them sugar, rice, beans and (only for the elderly) cigars. But to get past subsistence, you need to shop at the air-conditioned hard-currency stores. That's where Damaris goes to find a specialized nail clipper...
Right now, the companies in the S&P 500 are trading at an average price-to-forward-earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.4. That means investors are willing to pay $8.40 for every dollar that analysts expect companies to earn in 2009. Because that ratio historically falls in the mid- to high teens, the current market seems cheap by comparison, meaning stocks could be poised to rise...
...They make you work for [offense],” Donato said. “They’re not going to take chances at the lines, they do a good job protecting the puck, so you’ve got to earn your offense. In the past we’ve done a better job of doing that, but tonight we didn’t pay the price to get that done...