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...reform: so-called K-16 partnerships, in which colleges work to improve K-12 schools. More than a century ago, universities and their local public schools talked at every turn. In those days before the SAT, many colleges designed their entrance exams, down to which passages from Homer students ought to be able to translate, and high schools tailored their lessons accordingly. But as the nation's public schools swelled and colleges started recruiting applicants from farther afield, universities lost touch with their neighborhood schools. Over time, the relations became icier, with schoolteachers carping that all they got from colleges...
...propose a foolproof national system. Conferences and symposiums on voting reform are springing up everywhere. New York Sen. Chuck Schumer promises to set up a commission to entertain all suggestions and pick us out a winner. Hillary Clinton wants to ditch the Electoral College. Bill Clinton thinks something ought to be done...
...second term of a presidency, you ought to be thinking about your legacy before the last six months," says Denis Hayes, chairman of Earth Day 2000. Clinton may have some regrets. "There is much more to be done in the years ahead," he said last week at the National Geographic Society, when announcing the Hawaii preserve. "Many, many important ecosystems are disappearing just as we begin to grasp their unique significance...
...what's up these days with Puffy and Jennifer? The people at Philip Morris: Are they REALLY making a difference? Does Elian belong with his father in Cuba or with the Miami relatives? In retrospect, was Ginger Spice's behavior inevitable? Do you think we ought to admit Red China to the United Nations? Did Oswald act alone? Why do you think Nixon didn't burn the tapes? Was Ronald Reagan a moron or a visionary? Do earth tones really signify the Alpha male? Why, exactly? Did Roosevelt know in advance about Pearl Harbor? You think those Sacco and Vanzetti...
...December 12 deadline was based on thoroughly specious legal reasoning - so specious that it has led some to declare the decision political in nature. The Supreme Court should never have opened itself up to such accusations; if the majority wanted to guarantee the end of the Florida recount, they ought to have structured their argument around a convincing legal precedent - rather than depending on such a transparent and frail political maneuver and then trying to disguise it as a matter...