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...just beginning to understand what will appear on it. Once they do, a much richer, knottier conversation about the New SAT will probably begin. For decades, the purpose of the test has been to try to measure students' general-reasoning abilities, not their specific knowledge of algebra or the extent to which they have written practice essays. Caperton's feat is actually twofold: not only has he begun to shape a U.S. curriculum, but he has also granted victory in a long, contentious argument about whether admissions tests should assess aptitudes or achievements. For decades...
...What Went Wrong?" Michael Elliott asserted, "If the assumption that Saddam had deadly weapons looks, at least for now, to have been mistaken, it was to an extent understandable." But letting Bush off the hook in this manner is equivalent to saying it is O.K. for a district attorney to tamper with evidence because he truly believes the accused is guilty. Cherry picking only the most supportive intelligence reports, ignoring others and making a case that is much stronger than the evidence warrants in an effort to convince the public that war is necessary are wrong. It doesn't matter...
...senior analyst at the National Security Archives showed newly-declassified documents that reveal the extent of U.S. involvement in the Chilean coup in 1973 in a presentation last night...
...true extent to which Harvard has changed since its founding is embodied by my term-time job as a director of the Radcliffe Annual Fund’s Student Phonathon, where I organize hiring efforts and schedule and run a couple of shifts each week...
...There are, of course, substantial differences between Chiang's regime and the current central government. Today's China has modernized to a much greater extent than during what is known as the "Nanjing Decade," named for the city the Generalissimo made his capital. Beijing's rule is actually more national than was Chiang's. Nor is there an equivalent of the Communist Party building up its strength for the eventual fight to the death...