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...learned how to always be happy, be patient and to be positive, and this is what I want to teach to the next generation.' RIYO MORI, Miss Universe 2007, during the May 28 competition in Mexico City. The 20-year-old dancer from Shizuoka, Japan, beat out 77 other contestants to claim the title...
...inspired the movie Mississippi Burning --but led to no state murder indictments until 2005, when Fannie Lee's testimony helped convict and imprison Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen. Following a funeral service at the chapel that memorialized her son, Fannie Lee was buried next to James' grave in Meridian, Miss. She was 84. Since 1964, when Alvin--the deep-diving submarine that engineer Harold Froehlich designed--was launched, the vessel, the world's oldest research sub, has become a model for deep-sea exploration. Owned by the Navy and operated out of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, Alvin...
...Sant, who's made good films (Drugstore Cowboy, To Die For) and bad ones (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Finding Forrester), got a prize for another miss: Paranoid Park, the muddled, nearly incoherent tale of a teen skateboarder haunted by a thoughtless killing. He received the 60th Anniversary Prize, Frears announced, "for his career, and because he made a lovely film...
Green, the billionaire owner of the Arcadia Group, which controls a clutch of British clothing chains including Miss Selfridge and Wallis, is watching a spot about the latest fashion collection to hit Topshop, the jewel in Arcadia's crown. The much ballyhooed line inspired by Kate Moss--the supermodel's wardrobe formed the basis of the designs--went on sale the previous night at the chain's flagship store in London. Basking in the nonstop Moss-fueled coverage, Green can't help smiling: "You couldn't dream for a better start," he says. On May 9, the hype crossed...
...likes to talk much about the fate of failing schools that continue to founder. Under NCLB, such schools face escalating interventions. If they miss AYP two years in a row, they must offer students a chance to transfer out. After three years, they must provide tutoring services. After five years of failure, the law says the school must be restructured, which means replacing the staff, converting to a charter school, having the state or a private company take the reins or some other intervention...