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...often did, for the safe bunker of the status quo? Not unless he gets spooked into making a serious strategic mistake. Because despite souring public opinion and the risk of gains for the left at the polls, one thing hasn't changed since Sarkozy's convincing election victory only nine months ago: the wide consensus among voters that France needs the root-and-branch reform Sarkozy was elected to enact. Candidate Sarkozy promised harder work, more pay, fewer civil servants and a pared-down welfare state. He said he'd help small businesses get out from under high taxes...
...their way to relative prosperity in cities. Within the contours of that great migration, however, there is another one now about to take place - less visible, but arguably no less powerful. As China's major cities - there are now 49 with populations of one million or more, compared with nine in the U.S. in 2000 - become more crowded and more expensive, a phenomenon similar to the one that reshaped the U.S. in the aftermath of World War II has begun to take hold. That is the inevitable desire among a rapidly expanding middle class for a little bit more room...
...with four minutes to go in the period but failed to score.Ryabkina had a breakaway with a minute left in the second frame, but she errantly passed the puck to an empty patch of ice to end the threat.The Terriers played the Crimson close in the third period, launching nine shots on Kessler. But, in the game’s closing minutes, Harvard’s standout goalie showed why she deserved to be receive the Bertagna Award as the best goaltender of the tournamanet based on save percentage.BU went on the power play at 8:21, but was unable...
...that actively involve teachers and look at more than one measure of how they do their job. In Denver, for example, Professional Compensation, or ProComp, is the product of a seven-year collaboration among the teachers' union, the district and city hall. Rolled out last school year, ProComp includes nine ways for teachers to raise their earnings, some through bonuses and some through bumps in salary. New hires are automatically enrolled, while veterans have the option of sticking with the old salary schedule. But in just one year, half of Denver's 4,555 teachers have signed...
...them: a careful effort to earn teacher buy-in to the plan, clarity about how it works, multiple ways of measuring merit, rewards for teamwork and schoolwide success, and reliable financing. In fact, Denver's voters agreed to pay an extra $25 million a year in taxes for nine years to support the program...