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...Probably what draws Frank and Laurel together is their mutual capacity for truth telling, which may also explain why Laurel doesn't have a boy friend. Most guys don't much like women who lack the winsome gene. That's not a problem for Frank, and the course of their love and his rehabilitation runs relatively smoothly. This is in contradistinction to life in the Krzeminski mob back in Buffalo. They are being decimated by the rival O'Leary gang, whose sneering, sadistic leader (Dennis Farina) is in no mood to take prisoners. A sober Frank's odds-balancing presence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Kill Me: Gently Winning | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

...additional seven and five percent respectively said that large class sizes and a lack of gifted education are the primary reasons they left the schools...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani and Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Survey of Parents Reveals School Shortcomings | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

Criticized for its lack of pedestrian safety in the aftermath of Palmer-Sherman's death, the restaurant has since led a relatively low-key existence until the recent incident...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Man Shot in Square Altercation | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

When asked, parents who withdrew their children from the system did not cite “not receiving a top choice school” as a major reason for leaving, but this could result from the fact that the reasons enumerated by withdrawn parents—the lack of a quality education, the lack of discipline, and poor teaching quality—are the very factors that had made the parents apply to other schools in the first place...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani and Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Survey of Parents Reveals School Shortcomings | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

...idea for a World Heritage List was hatched in the late 1950s, when the ancient Abu Simbel temples in Egypt were being threatened by a small dam. Frustrated by the Egyptian government's lack of action to protect the ancient buildings, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), launched a worldwide campaign that saved the temples by relocating them to higher ground. Today, the process is a good deal more official than that - almost like the Oscars of the environment. Any country is eligible to send in a list of nominees for protection. The candidates are then independently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oscars of the Environment | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

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