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...these more minor policy shifts mask what will amount to the first decrease in overall federal education spending in a decade. To be sure, the Bush administration is not alone in these misdeeds; Democrats and Republicans alike have stood by as the education of U.S. youth has become a singularly lagging priority in federal planning. Ma and Pa America seem all too willing these days to forget its children, all too willing to forget the importance of education, which has always been the the great equalizer of our society, allowing people from different backgrounds to better themselves and to improve...
...frustratingly inconsistent than anything—he put it together in his senior year like never before. “I’m real proud of him,” Castellanos said. “He’s worked real hard, through a lot of injuries and minor things and stuff. He put it all together...we reaped the benefits.” —PABLO S. TORRE
...portion of generosity, and another request now might well seem like just too much. After all, Lamont’s hours are extended, and the officialdom has even managed to keep the gates open until twelve, or at least most of the time. But the present complaint is a minor one, as easily solved as it is obvious. Quite simply, Lamont has two typing rooms but no place to leave typewriters. For the trustful, of course, this is no problem—the typist just leaves his machine when he goes to class or meals. One dislikes casting doubts upon...
...magnificent open letter to the readers) can take its place. It’s not as easy when you’re starting on a 20-page essay two days past its deadline. Some people I’ve talked to share a handful of my symptoms. Minor accomplishments, say, the completion of a particularly clause-rich sentence, seem to merit, according to the dominant irrational side of my mind, an entire hour’s worth of distractions. (Pick your poison: mp3 or avi.) Constant underestimation of how long a given paper will take has led to my foolhardy...
Josef von Sternberg was a famous Hollywood auteur in 1930 and Dietrich a minor Berlin actress when he cast her as Lola, the crass chanteuse of The Blue Angel. Just like that, a star was born: an anti-Garbo who viewed life and love as a series of awful amusements. In their seven films together--of which a terrific trio (Morocco, Blonde Venus and The Devil Is a Woman) are included here--Sternberg swathed Dietrich's wry sexuality in silk, feathers, a gorilla suit and his camera's soft-focus devotion. As his films got more deliriously abstract...