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...becoming even less of one? Largely because Richard Atkinson, president of the University of California--the College Board's biggest client--wanted it to. Board president Caperton surely has his own ambitions, but it's unlikely he would have sought such radical changes if Atkinson hadn't spoken out against the SAT. In a February 2001 speech in Washington, Atkinson recommended that his university stop asking its 76,000 yearly applicants for SAT scores. It's hard to overstate the gravity of this moment for the College Board. If U.C. had followed through on the recommendation, the board could have...
...tomb of Empress Dou, a mighty dowager who died in 135 B.C. So well known was the burial site that locals assumed grave robbers had relieved the tomb's chambers of any gold or silver centuries ago. But now collectors were willing to pay for artifacts the farmers hadn't imagined anyone would want: clay pots grimy with antiquity, chipped ceramic statuettes and other detritus of burial rites. A local antiques dealer offered prospective tomb raiders $60 for a night's work--about the same amount the average local earns after taxes in a year...
...make a payment was to drive to Nevada and shoot craps all night." The remembered details of family life yield vivid metaphors for her theme, none better than this: in a Sacramento house the Didions moved into in 1951, the gold silk organza curtains on the stairs hadn't been changed since 1907. They "hung almost two stories, billowed iridescent with every breath of air, and, if touched, crumbled." --By Christopher Porterfield
...plane hadn't even come close to leveling off before people were out of their seats taking pictures, chatting with friends--old ones and those just minutes old. The cramped cabin and the common purpose pulled people together. If you didn't know your seatmate when you got on, you did by the time we hit 10,000 feet. The big distinction: Nobody was there because they had to be - no road warriors, no disgruntled passengers. The mood - remember this is onboard an airplane - was festive and lighthearted and even joyful. Some people couldn't believe they'd made...
...Japan Precedents have been set, and they're not good. In 1974, Gerald Ford-dressed in a pair of borrowed formal trousers that barely reached his socks-met then-Emperor Hirohito. (Ford's own pants hadn't been packed.) And in 1992, the first President Bush famously vomited and collapsed in the middle of a sumptuous Japanese dinner. The current President Bush's 16-hour layover in Tokyo, beginning last Friday, proved more convivial, thanks to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's recent pledge of $1.5 billion to rebuild Iraq...