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...even his success in boosting scores has brought him some criticism: committee member Marc C. McGovern said yesterday that Fowler-Finn’s “test-oriented” approach stifles the creative freedom of teachers...
That was underscored when the main suspects in the Glasgow Airport bomb plot turned out to be doctors. According to a 2004 study by Marc Sageman, a former CIA officer and forensic psychiatrist, the stereotype of the jihadi as poor and uneducated needs revision. Of 400 terrorist suspects studied, he found that three-quarters were middle-class or upper-class, with many employed in the sciences or technology. University students and professionals attracted to the rigorous theology of radical Islamist organizations like Hizb ut-Tahrir find in them the same structured, mechanistic precision they've learned to apply...
...city itself and a clean energy investment fund worth $250 million. The idea behind Masdar - which organized the Future Energy Summit - is a radical one: prepare Abu Dhabi and the UAE to move beyond fossil fuels. "The UAE wants to be more than just an oil-producing country," says Marc Stuart, the co-founder of the carbon-trading firm EcoSecurities...
...forward labels, better known for their $2,000 handbags and red-carpet-worthy frocks, are starting to take a closer look at the kindergarten crowd. "So many of our friends started having babies, and they asked us for thermal cashmere sweaters for their kids," says Robert Duffy, president of Marc Jacobs International. "We started making a few items and selling them in our stores." The items became so popular that Duffy signed a licensing deal with French children's-wear manufacturer Zannier Group and last spring launched a full line, including hoody sweatshirts, graphic Ts, jeans and sweaters for kids...
...Having Denise on the board as chair will make a big difference,” Nolan said. Simmons will also have to weigh in on the renewal of school superintendent Thomas D. Fowler-Finn’s contract, a matter which has divided the committee in past years. Marc C. McGovern, a member of the School Committee, said he was excited to have a mayor with close ties to the school system, regardless of what Simmons decides on the superintendent. “I feel that her experience both as a committee member and as a parent will give...