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...grade on a report card, they would get a ‘to be seen,’” said Massachusetts State Representative Michael J. Moran. “You can’t change what they did, but you can move forward and try to improve upon...
...letter to Jodie Foster in 1981, a group of adolescent girls gathered to scream at the famous as they entered. Some of the shrieks came for a trio of moppy-headed teenagers, who someone identified to me as the Jonas Brothers, a hot new teenie-bop sensation, like a grade-school version of the Monkees with better hair. They wore tight pants and looked terrified, staying close to their bodyguard, a serious-looking fellow roughly the size of a compact European...
Remember how much fun it was when your sixth grade teacher angrily told you to pay attention for the fifth time? Well now, in your mid-twenties or later, you can have that same experience at the University of Chicago Law School. Though UChicago’s students are old enough to drive a car, buy alcohol, or go to war, apparently they‘re not quite mature enough to decide whether to use laptops during lecture. Consequently, the Law School administration has swooped in and banned Internet use in most classrooms by disabling their wireless networks. While...
Those that have made the grade appreciate the bank's blend of snob appeal and personal service. In a recent survey of U.K. private bank and wealth-management customers published by Market-Dynamics Research & Consulting (MDRC), C. Hoare & Co. achieved a client-satisfaction score of 82. Industry wide, that rate slumped below 60, the lowest in years. Common complaints: poor communication and rapid turnover in bankers assigned to manage relationships with clients. With a fifth of C. Hoare & Co.'s 250 staff clocking up 20 years in the job, the bank pledges a level of personal attention not seen elsewhere...
...third grade, I was reading these books illustrated by Edward Gorey with these weird—but at the same time intriguing—macabre illustrations of supernatural things in pen-and-ink and some color," he said. "I really enjoyed the books, and as a by-product of that I started getting more interested in the illustrations...