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...Chicago's public schools. So much so that he's transferring his 13-year-old daughter, Knighta Jane, to a school in a nearby suburb where her mother lives. He worries that Knighta Jane will be missing out if she stays put in her neighborhood school. "How can we expect our kids to compete on an equal playing field with kids at suburban schools?" the animal-care technician asks, pointing to public schools like those in nearby Winnetka, an affluent suburb that spends as much as 70% more per pupil than Chicago does. "It's not possible...
...After days of backstage carping among both her supporters and his, no one knew exactly what to expect. Obama didn't just beat a strong and popular candidate; he snatched the reins from the party's old guard and ticked off a former President, Bill Clinton, in the process. People might have wondered if Hillary Clinton was preparing to launch her 2012 campaign when the Pepsi Center became filled with thousands of cardboard placards emblazoned with her website address. After all, history holds plenty of examples of also-rans who achieved far less than Clinton did this year...
...have progressed west from Eau Claire, Wis., to Davenport, Iowa, and Kansas City, Mo., and move on to Billings, Mont., tomorrow - are modest affairs in which he can test messages and attacks on his opponent, John McCain. And his increasingly wonky, detailed tone is one he says audiences should expect to hear at the convention. "People know that I can give the kind of speech that I gave four years ago," Obama says. "They're more interested in what am I going to do to help them in their lives. So in that sense, I think this is going...
...While some might expect Harvard students to feel exuberant that their school won top honors, the response among students was largely dismissive...
...fourth place in the medals table when the games are held in London in four years time. Now, particularly in view of a promised increase to athletes' funding - already greatly improved over the past decade, and a key factor in British success in Beijing - the country is bound to expect an even higher finish at home in 2012. You can bet your house on that -if it's worth anything by then...