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...halt last week when local school authorities, glumly eyeing a $1.5 million shortfall in their $8.2 million budget, chose to declare summer vacation in March. All through a cold winter, Matt Johnston had trudged to a 7:30 a.m. calculus class he hoped would earn him advanced-placement credit at college next year. Though teachers rushed through their lesson plans as the premature vacation neared, Johnston still wonders whether he should have stayed in bed. "The ((nationwide calculus)) test is in May," he complains, "but no one is prepared to take...
Nathans attributed some of the stasis to required events, like placement testing. "Things tend to get set because of things which must get done," she said...
Nathans said required placement tests will be moved to the first three days of the week, before the Jewish holiday, so that observing students will not have conflicting obligations...
Overseas job agencies deny any wrongdoing, saying they make no promises. "Roblan emphatically does not guarantee jobs," says Roblan's attorney Andrew Cove. Universal Placement Inc., one of the firms sued by Florida, says it provides an honest resume and referral service and claims that job-scam artists are hurting legitimate companies. "We all get painted with the same black brush as companies that run job scams," says Jack Thav, the company's executive vice president...
...BOMBING OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER COULD TURN OUT TO be the work of none other than a psychotic, mad-as-hell American -- a live version of the Hollywood revenge fantasy. But many aspects of the bomb, including its placement and force, carry the mark of more sophisticated hands. Experts who study terrorists around the world have begun to speculate about several groups...