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...numerous scandals, including a case stemming from the 1988 election campaign in which he was accused of conspiring with other Likud officials to skirt campaign-finance restrictions. Though he was acquitted in 1997, Olmert gained a reputation for cynicism. As Jerusalem mayor, he initiated improvements such as a light-rail system but ran up huge deficits and bequeathed the city a legacy of half-finished development projects. In 1996, he pushed for the opening of a tunnel beneath the contested Temple Mount, a move that sparked clashes between police and Palestinians that left 80 dead...
...arrival of Kambu and her fellow activists has certainly thrown new light on Papua's aspirations. Her husband, 32-year-old activist Herman Wainggai, says increasing military intimidation late last year sealed the group's decision to escape. But they decided against the common solution of slipping across the border with Papua New Guinea. "We have not received any serious international attention by seeking asylum in P.N.G.," says Wainggai through an interpreter. "We decided that because of Australia's role in taking responsibility in the Pacific area we would come here." The group's lawyer, David Manne, says all have...
...discovered by students,” he said. In addition to grading mistakes, some of these errors have included questions without answers and questions that have more than one correct answer, according to Schaeffer. These errors did not factor into the scoring of the exams because they came to light soon after the tests were administered. Schaeffer said that the human error inherent in the design and scoring of standardized tests should reduce the emphasis placed on the MCAS in Cambridge’s schools. “When you use a test with an absolute cut-off score...
...computer scientist and a mathematician. That’s my palette,” he says. He possesses degrees in computer science and math from Brown University to back up that claim.For a long time, he used this palette to write CGI programs for George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic special-effects team, allowing them to add color and texture to the models they made (a brontosaurus would look pretty fake without its scales). His tools were used in movies like “Starship Troopers” and “Jurassic Park...
...morally proper to reassess American aid flowing into the West Bank and Gaza. And while it is only natural to consider Hamas’s reprehensible founding charter and past suicide bombings of Israeli civilians in making decisions about aid, it is equally important to make these decisions in light of the fact that Hamas won power democratically in a relatively free and fair election...