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...candidate." That was false modesty. In California he was the movement's star, its producer and director. And Penn dominates the film - not in his usual way, by making brooding seem like a form of higher calisthenics. Perhaps the least homosexual actor around, Penn here reins in his Method bluster to locate the sweetness and vulnerability beneath Milk's assured persona. He becomes this character - surely far from his experience - with no italicizing, no condescension, no sweat. This isn't an impersonation; it's an inhabiting...
...problem believe he is with them, and on few issues has this been more apparent than on education.Before he won the Democratic nomination, Obama gave education reformers reason to dream. He introduced a bill in the Senate to reward good teachers and rate effectiveness using, in part, a "statistical method to measure the influence of a teacher." It was opposed by the NEA. In his book The Audacity of Hope, he sounded as if he were channeling urban-school reformers like Rhee: "There's no reason why an experienced, highly qualified and effective teacher shouldn't earn...
...this huge period of immigration, legal and illegal, over the past 20 years, it’s actually not all that easy to find negative impact from immigration,” Dominguez said. He discussed the barriers inherent in pursuing immigration reform, particularly devising a method for currently illegal immigrants to obtain citizenship. Although a path toward legalization is favorable in that it would lead to decreased law-breaking and a more manageable flow of labor, a system allowing undocumented immigrants to eventually become citizens may motivate more immigrants to enter illegally. He acknowledged the proposal of a mandatory citizenship...
...talking to people who say, ‘I’m going to accept pain and suffering...for this greater ecological utopia.’ I’m not willing to do this,” he said. Werbach also said businesses’ traditional method of sustainability, which is through philanthropy efforts, is ineffective. “It’s kind of silly. Why do you have to do your good stuff on the side? Why can’t it be part of who you are?” he asked. Some MBA students were...
...method they used included looking at the similarities in the inks and papers used by Sickert and people who claimed to be Jack the Ripper...