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...past six months, consumer confidence is at its highest in four years, and the business climate index - a measure of how optimistic businesses are about the future - last week reached its highest level since German reunification. The reason for all this good cheer? Columnists call it the Merkel Factor. It was even given solid form on floats at the annual Carnival parade in Cologne. Last year, a vast, papier-mâché Merkel bent over to kiss the bottom of a George W. Bush figure; this year she had undergone a makeover into a motherly barkeeper, huge breasts enveloping...
...looked at the people who had score differences, and there was no effect,” he said. “Scores truly are one factor among many...
...Republican leaders steering the debate insist that the FCAT will not be the sole determining factor, and they are quick to add that the issue is not whether Florida teachers are going to be paid based on performance, but how. In their mind, the continuing emergence of economic powerhouses such as India and China makes nothing short of a radical transformation of the education system - in all its many facets - necessary for U.S. students to compete. But if critics are right and this particular incentive system turns off many potential teachers or inhibits teamwork, it could end up doing...
...Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, and arch-rival Yale, who finished fifth. “New York is such a draw,” said Harriet Brand, director of public relations for Princeton Review, explaining NYU’s appeal. NYU’s diverse and eccentric surroundings plays a key factor in many students’ preferences, Brand surmised. “Everyone knows Manhattan is the coolest place in the world,” she explained, “cooler than Harvard Yard.” Prospective students have responded to the allure of the city life, said Robert...
...many at the University, we agreed.” According to Power, the University supported the donation because they saw it as “strengthening” Harvard’s “shared environment.” She added that pedestrian safety was also a major factor in the decision to approve the donation. “It’s great to see Harvard step up to the plate,” said City Councillor Henrietta Davis. All five of the areas to be renovated will have their cobblestone sidewalks and paved streets leveled out. Additional...