Word: kwame
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...charter schools. Theoretically, any organization-including the teachers' union-was eligible to propose its own system if it presented a plausible plan for a 500-student campus and agreed to Thompson's 90-90 yardstick. New state legislation would be needed to establish the schools. But both Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Governor Jennifer Granholm were thrilled by Thompson's offer-at least until the Detroit Federation of Teachers made plain its opposition. On Sept. 25 the DFT held a work stoppage, which closed the public schools, and staged a rally at the state capitol in Lansing. The mayor withdrew...
...whose return to the court lined Pollin's pockets with $30 million of unanticipated revenue--he deserved more time to turn things around. Pollin countered that Jordan was a poor executive (he commuted to D.C. from his home in Chicago), a poor judge of talent (he drafted disappointing Kwame Brown as the team's No. 1 pick) and a poor father figure for that talent (he called Brown a "flaming f_____" during an intersquad game, according to the Washington Post). He did think Jordan was a pretty good ballplayer, though. With all that out of the way, the two finished...
...Kwame Owusu-Kesse ’06 will follow Terry as the Brotherhood Chair next year and said he will be “responsible for fostering a sense of unity within the black community at Harvard...
Washington has some decent players. Jerry Stackhouse averages over 20 ppg, Larry Hughes can score 30 in a given game and Kwame Brown has shown flashes of brilliance. But as Haywood explains, it can be difficult playing with a living legend—especially when he will go back to being team president and part-owner of the Wizards after this season...
...officials say they have spent $10 million on helicopters, protective suits and beefed-up border patrols. But other needs, including a communications system that would allow the city's emergency teams to talk with one another and their Canadian counterparts, have been shelved until federal help arrives. Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick says he has pleaded for more money. "It's very frustrating," he says. Smaller cities have fared even worse, with many forced to spend money on basic equipment they expected the feds would pay for. Says Donald L. Plusquellic, mayor of Akron, Ohio: "If you had told me when...