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...elderly Brit, take issue with Kinsley? He followed the politicians' favorite ploy of having one's cake and eating it too. In the first years of World War II, the U.S. was loath to engage the Nazis in a foreign war. It wasn't until that era's "9/11 moment"-the attack on Pearl Harbor-that the U.S. woke up and realized there was a terrible war of civilizations going on. But, boy, when you did wake up, you didn't go to sleep again. In Britain we were being slaughtered, and we were mighty thankful to see the Yanks...
...elderly Brit take issue with Kinsley? He followed the politicians' favorite ploy of having one's cake and eating it too. In the first years of World War II, the U.S. was loath to engage the Nazis in a foreign war. It wasn't until that era's "9/11 moment" - the attack on Pearl Harbor - that the U.S. woke up and realized there was a terrible war of civilizations going on. But, boy, when you did wake up, you didn't go to sleep again. In Britain we were being slaughtered, and we were mighty thankful to see the Yanks...
...current era of school accountability, there are other pressures to keep scores uniformly high. State test scores are routinely published in news accounts and have a considerable influence on local property values. In addition, many states and cities offer financial incentives for teachers and principals at schools that score high. "Principals are desperate to provide good news and reassure their communities that they are in good shape," says former principal Wimberley...
...minute drive that costs $30. We drive past another bar, A Qui La Tour? - which roughly translates as "Whose round is it?" although the driver insists it means "Who am I having sex with next?" There are also several ads for premier banking services, a weather-beaten, 1970s-era hotel offering rooms at $600 a night and a billboard hawking a new model Peugeot ($40,000) behind the slogan: "Don't think about it. Just...
Saturday night’s game brought 5,125 fans to the rink, ranking just behind the Harvard-Minnesota-Duluth 2003 national final for attendance at a women’s college game in the NCAA era...