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...problem with carrying out the Carnegie proposals is that they will require a corps of instructors specialized in teaching early adolescents. But only 23 states offer a credential for teaching in the middle grades. Those on the front lines "will need help and training," says Chester Finn, former Assistant Secretary of Education under William Bennett. "It's not everyone who can teach a 14-year...
...first petition BATF to declare an appellation; then the bureau conducts public hearings on such matters as the area's grape- growing history and distinguishing topography. When the bureau approves an AVA, it sets the appellation's boundaries. Critics charge that some BATF decisions seem motivated by a political need to please as many winemakers as possible, rather than a concern for quality. Opponents of the Napa Valley's proposed AVAs charge that the new boundaries would exclude some of the best vineyards and that there is no historical justification for referring to any part of the valley as Oakville...
...ordinary people and the life of the leaders, and he got ideas from these people," said a friend. In 1988 he entered Beijing Normal University. He told friends he wanted to study Chinese literature but felt compelled to pursue an education degree because the Uighurs were in dire need of teachers...
...partner; the remaining Warner stock will be acquired later in exchange for cash and securities. The deal will cost Time the kind of debt it and Warner had hoped to avoid -- somewhere between $7 billion and $14 billion. Unlike the original Time-Warner arrangement, the initial acquisition will not need the approval of Time shareholders because the first part of the transaction will involve only cash...
...concern for traditional workmanship and his devotion to organic simplicity, Nakashima tends to be disdainful of many of the latest generation of craftspeople. "They're trying to be Picassos," he says. "They've got all the ego and glitz and high gloss of modern art. But crafts don't need that. | They can stand up by themselves...