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...They have some basis for comparison," he says. Cambridge schools traditionally are "a mosaic of programs and they've seen this work well for kids...
...Downstairs, the minders had sensed restlessness among the journalists, so they preemptively hustled us into buses for a "city tour." The first stop was the memorial to Kim Il Sung's first speech after the defeat of the Japanese. It was a big mosaic, about 20-by-80 feet, depicting happy farmers, machinists and artists looking on in adoration as the original Great Leader spoke. In front of a stadium just past the mural, an old woman with an overstuffed rucksack and a younger man also with a heavy sack on his back got up and started wandering away, frightened...
...three close statehouse races. This year they are helped immensely by the presence of Proposition 2 on Michigan's November ballot. It's a fight between local and state power and it has energized gun owners who want one set of hunting and licensing laws statewide, not a confusing mosaic of local rules and regulations. The gun club where I spent some time shooting Sunday afternoon, the Western Wayne County Conservation Association, was plastered with "Vote No on Proposition 2" literature and lawn signs. The club is also going to be a center on election...
...think back to last week. Then, without any prior warning, the youth of Jericho were on their way to torch the city's "Peace unto Israel" synagogue, a modern structure built above a 7th century Byzantine mosaic floor depicting Jewish symbols. The synagogue is exclusively under Palestinian control. I always use it as an example of how Palestinians and Israelis must live together. I rushed to the place. There were hundreds of people in the crowd. The Palestinian security commander of Jericho was standing in the middle with about 50 policemen, trying very hard to push the crowd back...
...Shimon is at first shocked and appalled and then fascinated. He asks her for more details, and she obliges, spinning stories about the places where the objects she stole originated. As they nestle together in bed, "Avra talked them all over the world." Still later, Zohar discovers some ancient mosaic tiles in his citrus grove, and he and his wife Miriam regale themselves at night by imagining the people--Phoenicians, Judeans, Canaanites, Greeks--who may have walked on these stones...