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...Still, the opening in March of Heathrow's $8.5 billion Terminal 5, where BA will centralize its operation from two of the hub's other terminals, ought to offer a welcome boost. According to investment bank Merrill Lynch, T5, as the new terminal is known, should allow the airline to coordinate schedules and squeeze costs by, for instance, not having to ferry passengers between terminals. Maybe BA will have better luck next summer...
...there may be grounds for a hopeful outlook. Boys at the fourth- and eighth-grade levels are showing modest improvement in reading and now trail their female classmates by slightly smaller margins than before. If that's a sign of improved teaching and parental focus on reading, then we ought to expect gains in the higher grades soon...
...defendants' actions. If the philosophy of the superman could lead to murder, Bryan argued, then the state had good reason to control what was taught in schools. The curriculum debate continues to boil. In 2005 Bush said that both intelligent design (a stealth creationist theory) and evolution ought to be taught in schools...
...soccer fans' passionate embrace - at least for a night - of a single Iraqi identity ought to have done more to reassure anxious U.S. policymakers than endless declarations of intent by the politicians in Baghdad. The game has a long history of helping bring a halt, although often just temporary, to civil hostilities. In 1967, a visit by Pele and his Brazilian Santos team to play exhibition matches in Nigeria brought a two-day cease-fire in that country's civil war. More recently, Ivory Coast's heroic exploits at the World Cup and African Cup of Nations have helped promote...
...think students should have a reason if they’re going to opt-out,” Petersen said. “Every student does benefit from the termbill money, so it ought to be a well-considered decision on the individual’s part...