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...reauthorize his No Child Left Behind Act, which uses tests to make schools accountable for their performance. But when Bush visited a classroom-the kids were doing a project about thunderstorms-all I could think about was that other classroom, the one in Florida, where he was reading My Pet Goat when the news came on the morning of Sept...
...last Republican votes they needed to pass a bill to provide an expensive prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program. Far more than in the past, they brought bills to the floor with no chance of amendment and allowed the normal appropriations process to be circumvented so that pet projects could be funded without scrutiny. When DeLay faced indictment by a Texas grand jury, Hastert changed the Republican rules so that DeLay could stay on as leader--though in the ensuing outcry, he had to reverse himself. Hastert was successful, however, in purging the ethics committee of its chairman...
...retired, at 75, to spend time with her husband John, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. But she told TIME's Jeff Chu that retirement has been anything but relaxing - "I'm looking at my calendar," she said, "and it's endless" - filled with travel, advocacy for her pet causes and regular reunions with her colleagues on the Court. Here are excerpts from their conversation...
...Lounge on Friday. Reigning “fun czar” John T. Drake ’06 and crew go on at 11 p.m. ($10). The States, another Harvard alum group, will be at the Middle East Downstairs on Saturday at 9 p.m., followed by Be Your Own Pet ($12). Meow. For locations and more listings, see www.nemoboston.com...
...threat to pass a bill--signed into law last week by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger--that raises the maximum fine for harming a sea otter to $25,000 and requires that all cat litter sold in California carry a warning label advising cat owners not to dump their pet's droppings into toilets or storm drains...