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...that a dual-management structure in which the school principal reported to both Edison and a local charter-school board was restricting. He says that Renaissance is an anomaly for Edison, which operates 136 schools serving 75,000 students in 22 states. According to Edison statistics, the average annual gain in test scores across its far-flung school system--4.2%--surpasses other districts of similar population size...
...Jubilee would be lifeless and sour. The climb back from Princess Diana's death in 1997, when Elizabeth's wooden initial response provoked public fury, has been arduous. Her offspring have continued to provide embarrassing fodder for the tabloids, from Edward and Sophie trying to trade their lineage for gain to Prince Harry's dabbling in drugs...
...calling for direct E.U. taxation. The proposal has already met resistance in France, Britain and Germany. Subcontinental Drift n Bombay's stock market tumbled to a year's low as India and Pakistan ramped up their war threats. When this happened in 1999 the index quickly rebounded to gain 26%, but a fragile world economy may prevent such optimism this time around. B O T T O M L I N E S "Politics at a certain level is pop. You have to get your record on the radio for people to pay attention." ? Bono, U2 frontman, on his tour...
Later, when museums increased the value of publicly displaying art, conservators began to gain the trust of artists as the anonymous preservers of their work for posterity...
...students are automatically given 20 extra points when they apply. Harvard’s program, carefully crafted by former President Bok with the help of federal attorneys, treats race as one criterion among many that may give equally qualified candidates that extra “boost” to gain admission. Both systems aim to increase campus diversity, and both should be protected by the Constitution...