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...that, for the immigrant class, there isn't reason to hope - certainly the Italian, Irish and Polish newcomers of a century ago have joined the American elite to some degree, and perhaps Latinos, Asians and blacks can expect the same. Of course, the Italians, Irish and Polish looked a lot more like the elites that were already in place, and for America to be vertically colorblind, it may just take the "browning of America," by generations of inter-marriage, that Tiger Woods embodies and will occasionally talk about...
...elect the next president of the United States, Al Gore," he began, but by the time he had made his way through the explanation of how enemy becomes endorsee he had set a very high bar for the nominal star, not just in health care policy but in rhetorical polish. Perhaps Bill Clinton's was not the only valedictory of the week - perhaps Bradley's was liberalism's too. But Gore's Thursday night hurdle grows ever higher...
...first and most extensive story she told was that of Raphael Lemkin, a Polish Jew who mounted a campaign before World War II to outlaw genocide--a term he invented...
Summer school has traditionally helped close the gap. In tight-knit classes staffed with veteran teachers, students polish the sort of basic reading and math skills that often trip them up during the year. In more than 85% of summer-school evaluations, students who attended summer classes outperformed those who did not, according to a study by University of Missouri psychology professor Harris Cooper. The benefits can be lasting: 85% of students who spent their sixth-grade summer in Chicago's program, with classes at 15 students maximum, will be promoted to high school this fall. "The intimidation factor...
They were right: For two years, and in ever-increasing measures, the City of Brotherly love has undergone the urban equivalent of a frenzied (and somewhat haphazard) spring cleaning, as crews polish highly visible districts to a reflective shine and sweep less promising areas under a carpet of anonymity. (Actually, anonymity may be reserved for the lucky neighborhoods: Residents of Philadelphia's struggling Logan triangle were probably wishing for relative invisibility last week when city bulldozers started plowing the neighborhood's modest 80-year-old houses, crumbling the homes into the landfill that had threatened to swallow them for years...