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...have only two satisfying endings. First scenario: a determined creative team works through the problems, pulls off a miraculous turnaround, and the show is a surprise hit. Second (and more frequent) scenario: the troubles really do turn out to be as bad as everybody suspected, no one can fix them in time, and the show is a big, sloppy, they-got-what-they-deserved flop...
...changes to the quantitative reasoning and critical reading section of the exam will also do nothing to fix the problems associated with the socio-economic bias of the SAT. Incorporating Algebra II will unfairly benefit those students who have had the educational opportunity to study intermediate algebra and who have had access to preparatory resources and tutoring...
...This helps explain why Pornpot Kannasoot, the water-quality chief of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, fidgets when he talks about the issue. He says he has tried everything within his budget to fix the problem and, so far, nothing has worked. He has dredged canals and built two new wastewater treatment plants, with two, possibly three, more in the pipeline. Despite it all, lab tests show the water in the klongs did not improve. In fact, it got worse. The press and the public didn't seem to care, says Pornpot: "People just got used to it. I could...
...reach out to bring us together to create an American renaissance, revival and renewal. I am uniquely qualified to do the job of president, and I offer the clearest alternative to this current administration, whose only new idea has been preemptive war and a huge new bureaucracy. I can fix the mess they have created, because I am practical, I am not afraid of partnerships and I am committed to making the world better for our children. By tapping the talent, the ideas, and the capacity that our whole society has to offer, we will expand the probability of succeeding...
Pappaw was dazzling with machines. He was Mr. Fix-it meets Dr. Doolittle, and with his ear to his car, his water heater, his garbage disposal—anything with moving parts—he could diagnose their afflictions. I tried to learn his secrets, to hear for myself the aches and pains that machines would confide in him. Whenever one of our family cars began to stutter or strain back in Pennsylvania, my Dad would call Pappaw and carry the phone out to the garage so that the doctor could listen. Pappaw often pinpointed problems just like that...