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...different situation. The tax base is nearly gone. Poverty and unemployment are far more pervasive than in most other major American cities. Many adults lack the basic skills necessary to qualify for the high-tech jobs officials are desperately trying to attract to Michigan, which has the U.S.'s highest unemployment rate. Home values, on which property-tax revenues are based, have plunged to pennies on the dollar. Over the past decade, the Detroit schools weren't merely mismanaged. They were abandoned. (See pictures of Detroit's beautiful, horrible decline...
...same institutions as those who have long dominated French politics: France's exclusive grandes écoles. These polytechnic, administrative and business graduate schools not only hone the intellectual mettle of the students they accept but also help them create the networks they'll need to rise to the highest circles of power. The problem is that the seats at these schools tend to go to the children of the élite, ensuring that power stays in the upper class - even in the same families - from generation to generation. (Read "Education Abroad: Breaking the Bachot...
This marks the second consecutive year that two Ancient Eight players were selected in the MLS SuperDraft—last year Grendi and Michael Fucito ’08-’09 carried the Ivy torch. Akpan is the second-highest Crimson player to be drafted—Will Kohler ’97 was selected 15th overall by the MetroStars in 1997—and the fifth Harvard player all-time to be drafted. Nyamekye is the first Crimson defensive player to be selected...
...showing up in all those different places, that's a prima facie indicator that it's happening at the highest levels of production," says Craig Reinarman, a sociologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who has long studied cocaine. But since cocaine is illegal, there's no easy way to remove levamisole from the supply chain. Law enforcement could instead target large purchasers, possibly putting pressure on dealers to switch to other cuts. (See the top 10 news stories...
...despite the high volume of repossessed properties - the Inland region has the sixth highest concentration of foreclosures in the nation, according to the listing service RealtyTrac - house hunting here is an exercise in frustration. Banks have been slow to put properties on the market, sparking bidding wars among buyers. Overwhelmingly, the winners of these clashes are investors, who have been snapping up homes with high all-cash offers. "For the home seller, cash is king," says Yun. "First-time buyers are at a disadvantage...