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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When I tell relatives and friends that teaching high school biology is one of my career aspirations after my four years at Harvard, I inevitably receive the universal response, "That's great," almost immediately followed by, "We need better teachers, we need more teachers." Regardless of educational background, age or relation, people always follow initial words of encouragement with the same short-winded critical recommendations for the American educational system. Are these laconic deprecations simply jabs at a long history of failed schooling or a growing cynicism about a class of teachers and administrators that may be perpetuating a teaching...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, | Title: An Important Investment | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

Being a genius investor has its rewards besides making one filthy rich. Chief among them is knowing that hordes of people will follow your every move once you disclose what you have most recently bought. All the genius wannabes, you can be sure, will pile in and drive up the price of what you already own. Great work if you can find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buffett's Silver Streak | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

...will definitely make us more competitive. The game is much faster, more fluid and you have better control," she said. "Even from a spectator's point of view, it's much more enjoyable and easier to follow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Athletic Field Will Have Artificial Turf | 2/12/1998 | See Source »

...This vote is to determine whether a majority of these workers decide they want to organize," Hurley said. If they do, "we cannot interfere with it...by rules of labor relations we are required to allow it. We always follow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red Cross May Allow Unions | 2/12/1998 | See Source »

...University doesn't follow through--if the valid concerns of local residents are not heeded, and the Web site, community meetings and pledges turn out to be merely symbolic steps taken to placate a vocal community--neither Harvard nor Cambridge will be well-served in the end. We should all be watching closely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Growing Pains | 2/10/1998 | See Source »

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