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...stakes are a good deal higher on the tests of today. As kids head back to class, they'll embark on what some educators have dubbed the Year of the Test, sitting for state exams that determine everything from high school graduation to school-funding bonuses. Not to mention whether your kindergartner will have nap time (schools in Mobile, Ala., have grabbed that time for test prep), and where you'll buy your next home (real estate agents in Arizona and Virginia now tout high scores in school districts where they have homes for sale...
...illogical berth in the roster of illegal drugs; the DEA website lists it alongside heroin and methamphetamine as a "drug of concern." Meanwhile, the lack of serious national debate surrounding the use of marijuana has left the country?s attitudes stagnant, with a knee-jerk reaction to the mere mention of any "illegal" drug meaning political estrangement for any politician willing to broach the topic...
...populism, the hymns to long-haul truckers and late-shift waitresses, is not really about changing tactics; it's about changing enemies. He may not win a popularity contest against George W. Bush, but he might win one against, say, Exxon. You didn't hear him so much as mention Bush last week. Instead he found the enemies he wanted: the greedy HMOs, the polluters, the tobacco and oil companies. If the demons seem real and the stakes are high and issues actually matter, Gore gets to fight on the ground where he is strongest, win back the Democrats...
...disaster unfolded. He left for his summer-vacation retreat in Sochi on the day of the accident and sent no messages of condolence to the fleet or to the furious families of the missing men. His officially published schedule told of phone conversations with foreign leaders but made no mention of briefings, consultations or expressions of concern about the Kursk. On Wednesday, dressed casually and looking tanned, he met with visiting academics to discuss at relaxed length problems of science, research and the brain drain. After the meeting, in response to journalists' questions, he reluctantly acknowledged that the situation with...
...many of them all together, all cleaned up and genial and mugging for the cameras. No opportunity for editing. Like a "Beverly Hills 90210" farewell episode, only maybe not quite so cheesy. Just vaguely disillusioning. You expect one of them to mention script troubles...