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...mix the fact that much of the promised funding failed to materialize and many early critics insisted that No Child Left Behind was nothing more than a cynical plan to destroy American faith in public education and open the way to vouchers and school choice...
...nuclear, then which carbon-free energy source will power our post-climate change future? Lovins favors a diverse mix of renewables, integrated to compensate for individual faults - solar for when the wind doesn't blow, and vice versa. He also wants to focus on energy efficiency and micropower, shifting away from the old model of the massive central plant sending out electricity - i.e., your local nuke - in favor of smaller plants, even residence-scale ones, built close to population centers. Reducing carbon emissions, he argues, will be cheaper and safer if we turn away from nuclear in favor of alternatives...
...best that they throw different guys at him. Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, and James Posey will likely share the burden of stopping Kobe. "All players thrive off rhythm," says Anthony. "If Kobe spots one guy's weakness, he'll run with that all day. If you mix up your defenders a lot, it might make him think. And if he's not just relying on his instincts, he won't be as aggressive or explosive...
...Obama Means No Drama The team that Obama put together was a mix of people who, for the most part, had never worked together before but behaved as if they had. Some - like chief strategist David Axelrod and adviser Valerie Jarrett - came from Chicago and had advised Obama in earlier races. Axelrod's business partner Plouffe had worked in former House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt's operation; deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand, who oversaw the field organization, had come from former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle's. Daschle's former chief of staff Pete Rouse served that same role...
...said. “I don’t think we did as well as we would have liked in the Ivy League, but we certainly turned a winning mentality from the previous year to the next.”Leone threw his highly-touted freshman class into the mix early and wasn’t disappointed. Rookies ignited what had been a stagnant offensive attack, with First Team All-Ivy pick Katherine Sheeleigh and Second Team choice Gina Wideroff leading the team in scoring with eight and five goals, respectively. “Every time we were working hard...