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...legislation passed by 216 to 214 in the House yesterday afternoon, in a narrow and primarily partisan vote, with Republicans supporting the bill and Democrats opposing...
...this second option.On this page, in the HCCR reports, in senior surveys, and amongst faculty, a consensus has developed that the Core is antiquated and broken. Instead of teaching “approaches to knowledge” as intended, it pigeonholes students into taking courses that are specific and narrow in scope, producing graduates who may be interesting to chat with at cocktail parties but who are not necessarily broadly educated. Furthermore, the Core provides professors with captive audiences, eliminating the incentives of competition which would force professors to innovate and improve the courses themselves.Given the acknowledged flaws...
...ruling in favor of Verizon's V Cast, but it beats Sprint only by a narrow margin, mostly because of its lower price. Download speeds and picture quality are the same for both, yet Sprint's streaming channels aim toward a future that Verizon seems to be ignoring. The truth is, for the first time in years, Sprint customers have reason to feel good about their carrier. That is, provided they live in a Power Vision service area, can get their hands on a phone like the Samsung a900, and are willing to pay the extra Power Vision fees...
...Robert Thibodeau, owner of a major Detroit Ford dealership. Toyota, by contrast, has produced SUVs and the luxury Lexus--two totally different vehicles--even though they are built on the same platform. Some analysts argue that Ford should get rid of one of its brands, such as Mercury, and narrow its product line. The company's drab minivans may be dropped...
Both the House and the Senate passed the proposal in December by a narrow margin—Vice President Dick Cheney had to return from the Middle East to break a Senate tie—but the bill must now be reconsidered in the House because of last-minute changes that the Senate imposed...