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A senior U.S. intelligence official insists the intel on Iran is solid. "What we've got is good," he says. Washington, the official says, has learned its lesson after being so wrong about Iraq's weapons program. But, he notes, "we also know what we don't know. We know...
She stands nervously in front of a lectern, adopting the rote singsong of a 13-year-old giving her Bat Mitzvah speech. She thanks the rabbi and the relatives who came from Florida, Australia and "all the way from Century Village." She praises a Jewish upbringing that on holidays "gave...
But the firm's requirement of a high school diploma is as much about a mind-set as it is about a skill-set, says Claxton. A diploma "shows that these applicants had the discipline to gut out a tough process," he says. "They learned how to get along with...
Theater critics don't get to act like regular civilians very often, but when it comes to Julia Roberts, extraordinary measures are called for. The Hollywood star has prompted major buzz--and sellout crowds--for her impending Broadway debut, in Richard Greenberg's play Three Days of Rain, opening officially...
Authorities don't object to the world-is-my-classroom approach. So long as parents appear to be committed to their child's education, getting registered as a home educator is usually a formality. "The few who are knocked back," says Colleen Strange, Sydney-based founder of the Home Education...