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Flying a stolen plane over the Israel-Lebanon border on May 24 was tantamount to committing suicide for a young Lebanese joy-rider. That Israel forces shot down the single-engined Cessna 152 after the pilot refused to respond to attempts by Israeli aircraft to communicate with him is hardly surprising, given that the date is the first anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon and that its forces were on high alert against the possibility of attacks by the Hizballah guerrilla army that has continued to attack Israeli positions in the Shebaa Farms area of the border...
...reduce what many Council members--including President Paul A. Gusmorino '02--felt were exorbitant prices for large cardboard boxes and packing tape at Square businesses, the Council this year established a pilot program to sell those items directly to students at reduced rates...
Council members say that the success of this year's pilot program will lead the UC Boxes program to be expanded next year...
...pilot program goes well, we’ll be looking to have it permanently endowed for future years,” Chopra said...
...exams have gone up 32%, math scores surged 66%. In a recent survey, 89% of parents said their children were performing better in school. The results have been so stunning that last year California approved a $15 million statewide home-visit program and districts in four other states launched pilot projects...