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...sorts last week when Russian President Vladimir Putin offered an anti-missile proposal. Putin's plan accepted the possibility of certain types of limited missile defenses. However, on close examnination, the proposal looks more like a mere barganing ploy vastly different from the system Bush would build. This gap between the president's designs and the systems our foreign allies and partners would support shows how much the U.S. stands to lose diplomatically if it continues to move towards a hasty and unworkable missile defense...
...Though a gap remains in those grades, the space is significantly smaller than the disparity in fourth grade. Among fourth graders, 77 percent of white students tested proficient or above on a nationally-standardized reading test, but just 36 percent of black students--half as many--tested as proficient...
...Administrators say starting from the early grades is an important part of narrowing the achievement gap among high school students...
...CRLS, the report showed a wide achievement gap both at the bottom and at the top of the academic spectrum...
...favorite topic - the "wealth effect" of the stock markets on the public psyche - the implication was clear: Greenspan intends to see the Dow and the NASDAQ show consumers the way back to the sunny side of the street. And he'll cut interest rates to help bridge the gap between the doldrums of now and the summer days ahead, when those companies finally cost-cut their way back to profitability. At that point, the cycle can begin again...