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...legislation. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential hopefuls are taking the funding issue onto the campaign trail. And though most states are moving to comply with the Jan. 31 deadline to submit plans for beginning to carry out the law, a handful are balking at some of its key provisions. The loudest griping is coming from a surprising source: G.O.P. party faithful who say the broad-reaching law tramples states' rights and micromanages local decisions. "We are really standing our ground against adopting something that could wreck a successful state program," says Louisiana's Republican Governor Mike Foster. Some of the fiercest resistance...
...their fault," says Ma, who, with his ailing knee, played only a few minutes of the rout but drew the loudest ovation from the faithful. ("Ma Jian jia you!" they cried when he took the court. Add fuel, Healthy Ma!) "It's tough for them," he continues. "They come on short-term contracts. They are people who love this game, and they make our league look better. But their language is different, their culture is different, their playing system is different?you can't expect a Chinese coach and American players to work together so quickly...
...best-looking, best-connected or wealthiest students who receive acceptance letters to Harvard every spring. Rein intends his book to serve as a cultural exchange, elucidating the differences between the Chinese and American university admissions processes. “It’s not always good to be the loudest and most ambitious person in China who sees an opportunity and seizes it,” Rein says. “Modesty is a much bigger thing in China, so it can be hard to sell yourself...
...each other at the same time," says a colleague. At times Rove's voltage got too hot even for all his outlets. He became known for breaking into song in midsentence. During games of gin rummy on Air Force One during Bush's campaign swings, Rove was always the loudest one yelling, "Feed the monkey!" when it was his turn to pick up a card. (Bush played once, Rove says, and "whipped...
...Friday night, the piss-drunk Alexander R. Jubinski ’ 03 decided to “kick a few tunes” in the common room. His roommate, Will C. Benstein ’03, was awoken shortly thereafter by what he describes as “the loudest possible music. I was surprised that the neighbors didn’t complain, but then I realized that they might have—I wouldn’t have been able to hear if the phone rang or if the cops had been banging on the door, knocked it down...