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...kids say they love Pappas. But some advocacy groups, led by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, say schools for homeless kids are "segregationist" and deny them equal access to education. "The law says homeless children must not be separated from mainstream public schools," says law-center attorney Sarah McCarthy. Her organization is pushing for legislation that would make it harder for schools like Pappas to receive federal funds...
...wasn't merely "the private dick who's a sex machine to all the chicks" or "the man who won't cop out when there's danger all about." Like Evers, he was a tough guy caught up in the movement for black freedom, a cocky straight shooter with equal disdain for bad cops and for dope-pushing mobsters--in short, the kind of hero who would have pursued the new Samuel L. Jackson incarnation of Shaft and nailed him for police brutality...
...bits needed to achieve one representation vs. another. For example, when you read a book, you consume (if you read as fast as I do) about 3 million bits an hour. When you look at television, you consume 3 million a second. Obviously, all bits are not created equal...
...Torricelli is really a day trader. In one frenzied period last summer, the New Jersey Democrat bought $1,001 to $15,000 (the forms congressmen fill out don't require exact numbers) worth of DrKoop.com on Aug. 5 and sold it the same day. He then bought an equal amount of Novell on Aug. 10, also selling it the same day. And on Aug. 11, Mr. Torricelli bought $15,001 to $50,000 worth of AmeriTrade stock and sold it on Aug. 13. Overall, Torricelli's stock holdings - after making hundreds of trades in 1999 - were valued from...
...Harvard and Radcliffe officials announce that Radcliffe will be absorbed under the University's umbrella as the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 120 years after it gave women access to a Harvard education. Under the proposed agreement, Radcliffe would be placed on an equal administrative footing with the University's nine faculties. Linda S. Wilson, Radcliffe's seventh and final president, announced that she would step down from her post in June. Radcliffe-affiliated student groups express concern over their future and Harvard's commitment to female undergraduates...