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...more involved, Stonewall has also aggressively challenged its students, especially through a demanding precollege curriculum called the international baccalaureate. Stonewall is one of 305 U.S. public high schools that offer an I.B. degree--which is awarded in 102 countries and is often regarded as superior to completion of advanced-placement classes. But at Stonewall, I.B. isn't just a way to prep the honors kids. Students are urged by the faculty to stretch themselves, and an astounding 45% take part, with 86% scoring four or better on a five-point scale...
...protest against it. We had already reported that PSLM had taken over administrative offices, and that the group had mobilized support outside of the building in the form of rallies and speakers. The counter-protest was therefore the major new development for that day and merited the highest placement...
...face to face with the worst U.S. economy in a decade. The result has been a crazy- quilt pattern of campus recruiting, with some companies retracting their offers while others are still thrusting bonuses into students' hands. "This year was going gangbusters," says C. Randall Powell, director of the placement office for Indiana University's Kelley Business School, which serves some 1,350 undergraduate seniors. "But this spring we quickly noticed a significant drop...
...executive gets comfortable with the relationship, his handler might ask him to look for particular matters of interest on future trips abroad: say, the health of a political or military leader. That's where the slope gets slippery. Another, smaller part of the NRD's activity is the placement in corporations of what are called nonofficial cover officers--paid CIA employees who work without diplomatic immunity. Many companies are leery of accepting CIA officers. Says Norbert Garrett, a 27-year veteran of the CIA's clandestine service and now president of Kroll Associates, a global security firm: "You can jeopardize...
...Next up: ABC's "The Runner," in which the viewing audience turns group bounty hunter, hoping to stumble across a "Fugitive"-like contestant at, say, the local McDonald's. (This one will shatter Jeff Probst's existing record for most shameless product placement...