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...when Wikipedia can inform the uninformed of most trivial details of John Smith’s life—but not what those details meant to the future of American literature—“Literary History” may be the innovative counterpart to the archetypal encyclopedic work. The HU Press publication has lofty aspirations. It wants—and deserves—to be read; but at 3.4 pounds, 1,100 pages, and $49.99, the tome may have misjudged its ability to appeal to the masses...
While the suspension may have been justified, the only additional disciplinary measure merited by the case was to inform Christie of his school’s rules, since he has not shown any pattern of disobeying them once he understands them. In fact, sending Christie to reform school will likely achieve precisely the opposite effect desired, actually hindering his education by forcing him to miss 45 days of regular class instruction. Although violations of zero-tolerance policies should certainly be punished, the precise nature of the punishments applied needs to be discretionary to account for students’ intentions, personal...
...went to Israel legally but her visa lapsed at about the time she gave birth to her son Jerry. Her apartment is among the Eritrean cafés, Sudanese restaurants and Filipino bars in the streets around the old central bus station - underneath a police advertisement inviting residents to inform on their neighbors' visa status. "I am working as a house cleaner because I'm now illegal," Valdez tells TIME. "My husband was caught in 2007 and he was deported. My son Jerry loves Israel. We're hoping to stay." (See pictures of Israel's 60th anniversary...
...worker's rights. They charge that Calderón targeted the electricity union for backing his political adversaries and protesting against his free-market policies, and accuse him of seeking only unions that are weak and loyal to the government. The deployment of thousands of riot police to inform his writ underscored such criticism. "The police and military assault on the electricity workers is a serious setback in the precarious democratic life of our country," wrote columnist Luis Hernández Navarro in the daily La Jornada. "It establishes a nefarious precedent, taking us back to the darkest eras...
...more depth to further ensure that they are legitimate. The results of the AIDS-vaccine trial did not benefit from either leg of this process. The investigators chose instead to announce the results in a press conference in Thailand, at the request of the Thai government, which wanted to inform its citizens of the positive findings as soon as possible. A U.S. press conference, including the U.S. Army researchers and Fauci, was held several hours later, with a promise to follow up with more detailed data in a presentation at the annual AIDS Vaccine Conference in Paris...