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...first glance, this looks like a considerable improvement, a positive omen for the future. But after scratching the surface, it seems that not much real progress has been made. The higher scores on year’s 10th grade MCAS test can be attributed to a variety of causes other than actual academic improvement...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MCAS Success Deceptive | 11/8/2001 | See Source »

...thinks it is doomed. It was a bad omen when I bought a DVD player, relegating the old VHS box to a lower shelf?but at least it was still used when I wanted to record E.R. or a football game. Things got worse last week when I unplugged it and moved it to the spare room, a dusty purgatory for appliances on their way out of the loop. Then I set up the gleaming new Panasonic DMR-E20 recordable DVD player, a device designed to kill off the VCR. Instead of using videotape, it burns the images directly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DVD Recorders: Not There Yet | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

...Omen North Korea has put current events aside and established a national magicians' association to "contribute to the development of the country's magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

...Omen The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission took most of its website offline "to make sure it did not contain information that could be helpful to terrorists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...Omen A man was ejected from an American Airlines Los Angeles-to-Dallas flight after he snatched the cabin microphone to lead other passengers in prayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

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