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...teachers. But science teachers who are both passionate and prepared are scarce. U.S. high school students have just a 40% chance of studying chemistry with a teacher who majored in the subject, according to a 2005 report from the National Academy of Sciences. By contrast, they have a 70% likelihood of studying English with an English major. Often, educators at the elementary level never liked science in the first place. That's in part because science enthusiasts, who start at about $32,000 in a public school teaching job, are lured to careers in the business world. "Corporate America...
...lifeboat and waited 19 hours before being pulled out of the water by a helicopter. Most of the other 1,510 people thought to be on board, mainly Egyptian workers, were not so fortunate. By Saturday, Egyptian search-and-rescue operations had brought 378 survivors ashore, but the likelihood that more than 1,000 others had died made the tragedy one of the worst disasters in maritime history. The catastrophe began as the Al Salam steamed from the Saudi port of Duba to Sagafa on Egypt's Red Sea coast, where collisions with treacherous coral reefs have led to previous...
...Connor could conceivably lead to the reversal of 5-4 precedents on affirmative action, campaign finance laws, and partial birth abortion. With eight members, the court would need a two-vote margin to establish a new precedent or overrule an existing one. By lowering the likelihood that one new justice would cause the court to reverse its precedents, an eight-member bench might increase the overall stability of the judicial system...
This week will see the beginning of the trial of former Enron boss Ken Lay, and, in all likelihood, the confirmation of Samuel Alito to be the newest associate justice of the Supreme Court. On Sunday, Americans will tune in to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks go head to head at the Super Bowl in Detroit-and Mick Jagger strut at the half-time show. But even the Rolling Stones won't be able to upstage the biggest news event of the week, when President Bush delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday...
...Meanwhile, those on the other side say that reducing the number of abortions is not the only measure of success. "You have to look at the long-term social effects," says Pamela Sumners, Missouri executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice, the abortion-rights advocacy group. "There's a greater likelihood that teenage mothers in particular and their children will wind up on public assistance, drop out of high school, end up in low-wage jobs--all things that are not good for society...