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...impact of the NFL’s new realignment plan for 2002 will be felt. In order to incorporate the Houston Texans into the AFC, eight divisions of four teams each will replace the current six divisions, five teams format...

Author: By Alexander M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: March to the Sea: Predicting the Summer in Sports | 5/23/2001 | See Source »

...prepares to embark on a state visit to Latin America that will include transit stops in New York and Houston, Chen is readying a turn on the international stage. In Beijing, however, Chen's visit to the U.S. has caused barely a blip. China is "firmly opposed" to the trip, of course, but the government hasn't issued a statement since the transit stops were announced. Indeed, Beijing's position on Chen has been to have no position: the state-run media hasn't yet mentioned him by name. But Chen's anonymity in Beijing is a stark contrast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Chen the One? | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

Delvecchio, who was scheduled to start working for McKinsey in Houston this September, has pushed back his start date to November so he can focus on the ShuttleGirl project...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ShuttleGirl’s Identity Revealed | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...problem the bureau has had for a long time," the official noted. "Agents are great at acquiring information; they're not great at cataloging it or knowing what they have." What was especially troubling was that the mistakes were so widespread. Fully 46 of 56 FBI field offices, from Houston to Honolulu and Atlanta to Anchorage, failed to turn over everything they had on the case--in some instances it appears that the Special Agents in Charge decided on their own that some dutiful reports were unimportant. "The thing that flabbergasts me--and makes me think that more inquiry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Botching The Big Case | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...administrators of all 11 million children in Title I schools--those that serve the nation's poorest students--are required to sign "compacts" that typically stipulate, among other things, how many hours parents will read with their children each week. At the KIPP Academies, two successful charter schools in Houston and New York City, parents, teachers and students sign contracts pledging everything from adherence to the dress code (teachers and students) to checking homework (parents). If students repeatedly slip up, the academies can send them back to a regular public school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Parents Drop Out | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

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