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...Harris, a 1997 alumna of the Kennedy School’s Master of Public Administration program, addressed the controversy over the election results, saying that she remained impartial throughout the dispute over the contested ballots despite her Republican affiliation...
Menyoli's Olympic effort has already cost him $15,000. ("If I had given the money straight to Africa," he says, "I probably wouldn't have saved many people.") Juggling work, training, home life and studies - he's still working on his master's in architecture - has been hard. Since the press first caught on to his feelgood tale, it has been even harder: "The media, they come calling, saying, 'I want the story!' ... I don't have time to train, to work." And there's a little pressure from home. His parents think the investments of time and money...
...quite a summer camp. According to the FBI, young master Lindh took courses in rocket-propelled grenades and battlefield combat. He even allegedly met Osama bin Laden. But when one of bin Laden's lieutenants asked Lindh if he wanted to leave Afghanistan and conduct operations against the U.S., Lindh declined, preferring the front lines of the Taliban's war with the Northern Alliance. A few weeks later, Lindh heard about the events of Sept. 11 on the radio. "According to [Lindh]," an FBI affidavit says, "it was his and his comrades' understanding at the time that bin Laden...
...state high-stakes exams have become a fact of life in the American classroom. Less noticed is the growing presence--and power--of firms like Kaplan that teach students and their teachers how to master them. The companies, which have spent decades deflating the mystique of the sat, take a similar tack with the grade-school exams. They maintain that test taking, like telling time or double-knotting a shoelace, is a "life skill" that every child can learn and no youngster should go without. Says Jeff McCullough, Kaplan's director of training and development: "Kids who have done well...
Eliot House Master Lino Pertile said the House community was waiting anxiously for news of Chu’s condition...