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...achievement, if he actually wins it. We're giving the award for the first time here because Florida, as mentioned above, was the key call of the night - though this ends nothing. And we're giving it the award for the last time here because I believe these meaningless fights over who's 0.8 seconds faster to make whatever call are irrelevant to everyone and probably the cause of a lot of boneheaded journalistic decisions...
Comparing the performance of students who use vouchers with that of students in the same school district who don't use them is meaningless. A better test would be to weigh the performance of voucher students against that of comparable students in a district where vouchers are not available. TOM PITTMAN Spreckels, Calif...
...Iraqi dictator's refusal to budge on the question of U.N. arms inspectors makes it unlikely that the sanctions will formally be lifted any time soon. But European and moderate Arab regimes have, to Washington's alarm, adopted increasingly liberal interpretations of those sanctions that threaten to make them meaningless. Booming oil prices have improbably strengthened Saddam's hand, to the point that even Washington may be cautious about provoking Baghdad into turning off the taps on the 3 million barrels it pumps daily and driving up world oil prices even further. And the anti-American rage that has swept...
...doctors who currently do surgical abortions would be allowed to prescribe mifepristone; that there might be some special certification required, or a rule that the doctor have access to an emergency room less than one hour away. All of that would have made the approval of the pill almost meaningless; abortion would still be unavailable in vast swaths of the country...
...bullish. Look for one that takes place when the stock is depressed and the buyback is funded out of operations, asset sales or reserves. Ongoing buybacks can be good, providing a constant source of demand. But any buyback that merely offsets dilution from options should be dismissed as meaningless, possibly even harmful--unless you're the one with the stock options...