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...will we know if it's not working? If the Barksdales don't see higher reading scores in the schools they're helping, they will pull the funding and appropriate it to another program. That's why Jim insists that the money isn't a gift. He says, "I invest in start-up businesses, so to me this is like an investment." And it's already paying off every time the Barksdales visit a school like Lee Elementary, where each beneficiary of their philanthropy has a name and a smile and a small handshake...
...will be carefully monitored (although not while they're driving). Nothing is clear at this point; cell phones could be perfectly safe, or they could be the handheld equivalent of a brain microwave. With typical scientific caution, docs are advising nervous users to keep their calls short and to invest in that earpiece/microphone contraption that keeps the phone antenna as far away from the caller's head as possible (and coincidentally also makes everyone look like they're carrying on a fascinating conversation with themselves...
...flurry of construction that was supposed to relieve the electric bottleneck has yet to arrive. Old-line utilities--which used to count on a guaranteed 5% to 7% profit--have been reluctant to invest in billion-dollar plants without understanding the vagaries of the free market, and upstart energy providers are still trying to figure out which markets are worth the hefty investments required. At the same time, the industry is plagued by an antiquated, balkanized transmission grid that wasn't built to wheel power from one region to another. "America is a superpower, but it's got the grid...
...last week that prospect got more complicated for Priceline when major airline companies confirmed that they will invest in a website, to be called Hotwire, that will compete with Priceline to sell unused airline seats. Unlike Priceline, though, Hotwire will set prices rather than auction airline seats. The news, piled on top of weeks of dotcom doom, punished the stock, which finished the week...
While Gore was flailing, Bush began trotting out a series of proposals--involving missile defense, arms reduction, allowing people to invest part of their Social Security money in the stock market--that were debatable as policy but made Bush seem more serious and moderate than he had before. Instead of offering his own vision of the future, Gore spent April and May attacking Bush's plans, even canceling a week's vacation so he could rebut Bush's Social Security idea. That strategy worked well against Bill Bradley in the primaries, but six months before the general election--when Gore...