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...also played a portion of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s fiery speech during the Democratic National Convention last July and clips from the 2004 presidential campaign trail, including Howard Dean’s infamous scream during the Iowa caucus...
Democrats in Congress argue that the latest dustups show that the FDA needs more regulatory power and a bigger budget to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry. But the most aggressive attacks have come from a Republican, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, 71, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Normally the FDA would be the province of the Senate Health Committee, which usually has to approve any changes at the agency. But Grassley, whose state has many elderly constituents, has focused on the FDA for a year--ever since he learned that the agency held close to its chest worrisome data...
...including a loyal base that wrote a gazillion letters on his behalf and a lack of serious competition from other prominent Dems. Some Democratic Governors sought an anybody-but-Dean candidate, but neither former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey nor Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm could be persuaded to run. Likewise, Iowa's Tom Vilsack decided that being Governor and D.N.C. chairman at the same time would complicate his political career, and he never entered the race...
...have to wait for the report card to arrive. "Now it's so easy for the parents through the Internet to get ahold of us, and they expect an immediate response," notes Michael Schaffer, a classroom veteran who teaches AP courses at Central Academy in Des Moines, Iowa. "This e-mail--'How's my kid doing?'--could fill my day. That's hyperbole. But it's a two-edged sword here, and unfortunately it's cutting to the other side, and parents are making demands on us that are unreasonable. Yeah, they're concerned about their kids...
...whose kids aren't doing well. It can't be the genes, Mom and Dad conclude, so it must be the school. "It's the bright children who aren't motivated who are most frustrating for parents and teachers," says Nancy McGill, a past president of the Iowa Talented and Gifted Association. "Parents don't know how to fix the kid, to get the kid going. They want us to do it, and discover we can't either." Sometimes bright kids intentionally work just hard enough to get a B because they are trying to make a point about what...