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...together—with some stepping up to the plate and others simply allowing their sections to fall into disrepair. This year’s misery was compounded by the decision to institute mandatory weekly lectures in a course that previously only required all its students to convene twice per semester. The lectures were either disorganized or repetitive, appearing to occur solely for the purpose of existence and not for pedagogical reasons...
With this in mind, we propose a gradual increase to the federal gasoline excise tax. Currently at a rate of 18.4 cents per gallon, the excise tax pays for highway maintenance and public transportation. By increasing the tax, the federal government can spur both privately and publicly-funded research into renewable energy technology and provide incentives for businesses and citizens to limit consumption...
...Numbers $2.12 Amount of fuel allowance per km that Kenyan M.P.s, who earn up to $120,000 a year, are now getting to cover travel expenses-almost double their previous entitlement 22.8% Proportion of Kenyans who live on less than...
...islets viewed as one of the first of Japan's many 20th century land grabs. Korean kindergartens teach children songs about Korea's glorious eastern islands, the Dokdo. In 2005, almost 20,000 Korean tourists (including one wedding party) visited the islands, even though it's a $350-per-person, five-hour boat trip from the mainland. According to a report by Peter Beck, the Northeast Asia project director for the International Crisis Group, "One would be hard pressed to find a single Korean over the age of five willing to admit that control of Dokdo does not matter...
...entered kindergarten that the political activism of her undergraduate days and her business training combined.“I look at the numbers, and I say ‘what is going on here?’” Nolan says referring to the mismatch between the spending per pupil at CPS and its achievement scores. CPS spent an average of $13,363 per regular-education student last fiscal year, about $5,000 more than the national average. According to school officials, those numbers have risen to over $16,000 for this fiscal year. But despite this spending, Cambridge...