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Referring to the Court's 7-2 decision that the recount violated the requirements of due process and equal protection, Hatch said he was "surprised the Supreme Court didn't slap down nine to zip" the arguments of Gore's legal team...

Author: By Jason L. Steorts, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senator Praises Court's Restraint | 4/24/2001 | See Source »

...case, the overall fact is clear: grades have been going up for a long time. Indeed, the rate of change between 1967, which is about when the theory claims grade inflation started, and the present is 0.93 percent per year—almost exactly equal to the rate of increase between 1930 and 1966, which is 0.92 percent per year...

Author: By Harry R. Lewis, HARRY R. LEWIS | Title: The Racial Theory of Grade Inflation | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...there is, in fact, a little truth to it - but only very little. When it comes to language - perhaps the most nuanced skill a person can master - the brain does appear to have fertile and less fertile periods. At birth, babies have the potential to learn any language with equal ease, but by six months, they have begun to focus on the one tongue they hear spoken most frequently. Parents can take advantage of this brain plasticity by introducing a second or even third language, but only if they intend to speak them all with equal frequency until the child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Quest For A Superkid | 4/22/2001 | See Source »

Despite such technical difficulties, Winkler and Urban deliver excellent performances. Throughout the production, it is easy to believe that they are actually Ruth and Jack, conveying both passion and sorrow with equal aplomb. Despite some of the setbacks caused by staging and effects, or the confusion created by the flashbacks, Ancient History is an enjoyable chronicle of one ill-fated relationship. The subject matter often rings true. In general, this play is a superb effort by the cast and crew, leaving the audience with one important truth: “Hell is remembering other people...

Author: By Rebecca Cantu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Digging up 'Ancient History' in the Pool | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

...continued, melded with an intellectual spirit that owed something to his “own love of language and ideas,” yielded a black-and-white film whose ideas and conceits can be surprisingly colorful. Questions about Han Solo, Thundercats and the meaning of life all get equal time at his table, and he’s as at ease wrangling a phone number out of a pretty young math student as he is at battling a ninja...

Author: By Benjamin J. Soskin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Penny For Your Thoughts | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

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