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Popular as he is among tweens and those who read to them, however, Percy's appeal may not extend beyond that group. The weekend before the movie's opening, about 600 fans turned up for an event in Atlanta, far fewer than your average Potter or Twilight draw. Then again, the franchise passes at least one Hollywood test: two of the film's stars, Pierce Brosnan and Kevin McKidd, signed on because their kids love the books...
Before the advent of the face mask, the helmet was never used as a weapon, and blocking and tackling were taught--and practiced--with the shoulders. Without the mask, you'd have a few more broken noses but far fewer brain injuries...
...Shoemaker was considered one of Philadelphia's most troubled schools. Fewer than a third of its eighth-graders exhibited proficiency on the state math exam. Fewer than half were proficient in reading. Violence was common, and students had full run of the hallways. Most of the bulletin boards had been torched, and the principal's office had metal bars on the windows. One teacher says even the UPS guy was hesitant to go inside. (See pictures of the college dorm's evolution...
...since in many cases lenders will recoup more by foreclosing (the test any loan modification must pass). A recent Bank of America Merrill Lynch study of loan modifications at IndyMac, which provided the template for broader modification efforts, found that about 20% of subprime loans had been rewritten, while fewer than 8% of option ARMs got reloaded. (See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...
...challenge for Obama is that in almost every case, the American people now want solutions different from his ideology and the passionate desires of his strongest partisans. A recent New York Times/CBS poll showed that by a 56% to 34% majority, the American people prefer "a smaller government providing fewer services" to "a bigger government providing more services." An even larger majority, 59%, say the government is doing too much, while only 35% say it should be doing more. Furthermore, by a 58% to 31% margin, Americans disapprove of Obama's handling of the deficit...