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...district's schools over the next few years. Given how hard it would be to find entirely new staffs for that many turnarounds, the city recently renegotiated its contract with the local teachers' union to extend the school day and year in Renaissance schools, where staff will get paid more and potentially receive bonuses based on performance...
...ambitious interstate highway system. "The occasion is piled high with difficulty," said Abraham Lincoln at a moment of supreme peril to American democracy, "and we must rise with the occasion." Notice: he said we must rise. But that requires, if nothing else, a sense of shared values. Few paid much attention last December as Southern Republicans in the Senate blocked a $14 billion federal rescue of GM and Chrysler. That lawmakers representing states with nonunion foreign-auto plants should blame organized labor for not slashing worker benefits to levels offered by Nissan hardly came as a shock...
...have special meaning for Botterill as they take place in her home country of Canada. Though winning three Olympic medals would be any athlete’s dream, representing one’s country on home turf is particularly significant—and so far the extra pressure has paid off, with the Canadian women’s hockey team winning three decisive victories against Slovakia, Switzerland, and Sweden this past week...
Hockey was a natural choice for Vaillancourt. Her father and brother both play, and her early commitment to the sport paid off. By age 18, after a decorated varsity career at Pomfret Prep School, she was already wearing her own Team Canada jersey to compete in the 2003 Nations...
While the strategy largely paid off, the Crimson’s aggressive style of play did get it whistled for nine first-half fouls, allowing the Lions to keep themselves afloat from the charity stripe...