Word: orlandos
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...remains bleak. Despite that, the number of doomsayers has remained surprisingly limited. It’s true that nobody really knows what’s going on anymore: mysterious back-door finagling involving securitized mortgages and credit default swaps somehow resulted in frail old grandmothers thrown out of their Orlando condos; money managers walking into their own clever booby traps ended up in the red and out of work. The stimulus package, our best option, seemed more of a quick-fix to placate the masses—like those one-size-fits-all T-shirts doled out to the summer...
Disney for a Song. Through June 30, the Palisades Resort in Orlando, Fla., is offering two nights free, for three nights booked, plus free breakfast, parking and shuttle transportation to Disney World, just seven miles away. Rates for a two-bedroom suite with kitchen start at $415 (making that a daily rate of $83 for the five nights). Or, book a one-bedroom suite starting from $79 per night. 14200 Avalon Road, Orlando...
...Other female teachers in Florida have been booked for the same crime this year - and scores of others have been arrested or disciplined in the past few years for sexual misconduct with students, according to a recent investigation by the Orlando Sentinel, which noted the problem is rising in the state "among female educators in particular." Florida, of course, is hardly the only state where female teachers have been nabbed for preying on boys. And nationwide, male teachers still commit far more acts of sexual misconduct than females. A 2004 Education Department study found that about 10% of the nation...
...born Huang is brokering a deal between the Cleveland Cavaliers and a Hong Kong real estate and telecommunications conglomerate called New World Development to buy up to a 15% minority stake in the National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise and its sports arena. The Cavs, who are currently battling the Orlando Magic for the Eastern Conference title, boast this season's most valuable player, LeBron James, who's known in the U.S. as "King James" and in China as "the Little Emperor." (Watch TIME's video "LeBron James: Leader of the Redeem Team...
...Women gauge their happiness and judge their success by their relationships. Men’s happiness and success hinge on their accomplishments.” Even in public schools, many abstinence-only programs are run by religious organizations. For example, the federal government gave the Catholic Diocese of Orlando an $800,000 grant to teach abstinence. This intermingling of church and state would be inappropriate enough even if it did not translate to religiously biased teaching. But, in many cases, the House report found it did just that, as the program promoted religious dogma such as the belief that life...