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...worth it. But by the '90s, with the economy opening up, fewer families were willing, say, to send their daughters to train as weight lifters when they could study computer science instead. After all, for every Olympic champion the sports academies produce, hundreds of thousands of other children fail. Most of these kids miss out on the education provided in regular schools. The China Sports Daily estimates that about 80% of the country's retired athletes are plagued by unemployment, poverty or chronic health problems resulting from overtraining...
...days, the American Midwest has endured bands of slow-moving thunderstorms that have unleashed massive tornadoes and caused dams to fail. At least four people were killed as a tornado tore through a Boy Scout camp in the remote hills of western Iowa Wednesday. An entire Wisconsin lake has emptied. Carp are swimming through suburban Milwaukee streets. An Iowa farmer has drowned in his own field. And the havoc is expected to continue, with more bizarre weather and even an alert about a mini-tsunami on Lake Michigan in Chicago. What next? Twisters down Michigan Avenue? Don't scoff...
...Education felt like "a pressure cooker," says Neuman, who left the Administration in early 2003. Another reason was political pressure to take the hardest possible line on school accountability in order to avoid looking lax - like the Clinton Administration. Thus, when Neuman and others argued that many schools would fail to reach the NCLB goals and needed more flexibility while making improvements, they were ignored. "We had this no-waiver policy," says Neuman. "The feeling was that the prior administration had given waivers willy-nilly...
...transgressive, it doesn't matter what your lyrics are," he explains. Even artists who have successfully promoted their music online are unable to make any money without legally publishing their music, and that requires obtaining a permit from the Ministry of Culture - a procedure so arcane that most attempts fail. Many, like the former rock band Fara, are asked to change parts of the music or the lyrics, but are unwilling to do so. Others aren't even sure they want a permit, as one rapper made clear, confidentially. "My stance is an oppositional one," he said. "Some friends...
...mean to say that Harvard students never fail. They do, and when they do, they often grow from the experience. And I don't mean to generalize—there are always outliers. But I do wish to highlight a powerful and often hidden aspect of our culture: Harvard students tend to be unhealthily obsessed with minimizing the chances they take with their future success, often to the detriment of their present happiness. Paralyzed by opportunity cost, it's impossible for them to seize an opportunity...