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...proposal is more ambiguous. It will permit states to shy away from making these tough choices - even though replacing failing schools can transform entire districts. In New York City, we've phased out more than 90 schools during the past seven years; these decisions haven't been politically popular, but the schools that replaced them have dramatically higher graduation rates than their predecessors...
...argument flows in several directions at once. First of all, he says, the details of reform, as Democrats hope to frame it, are far more popular than the package as a whole. Americans overwhelmingly want to end the insurance industry's practice of denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. They want to be able to afford coverage when they are between jobs. They want seniors to have more help with prescription-drug costs. Second, he says, the worst fears of Americans will never be realized. "Is somebody's elderly parent or relative going to be put to death...
...Netanyahu's coalition believe Israel should never give back any parts of the Holy City to the Palestinians. The hawks view Netanyahu's agreeing even to a 10-month partial moratorium on new settlement activity in the West Bank as a needless sellout to Obama, one of the least popular American Presidents in recent memory among Israelis. With an address to Washington's pro-Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee looming, Netanyahu wasn't about to cave again...
...delivering the shocks, however, didn't know that the charges were fake - the volunteers on the other end of the room were actors pretending to suffer agonizing pain. The point was to see how many people would continue following orders to mete out torture. (See the world's most popular TV shows...
...state's largest city), his family roots in San Antonio and his ability to speak fluent Spanish, which is seen as a draw in the bluest part of the state, South Texas. The most recent poll by Rasmussen showed Perry with a 49%-to-43% lead over White. The popular ex-mayor, who served in the Clinton Administration as Deputy Secretary of Energy, may still be considered an underdog, according to Richard Murray, political scientist at the University of Houston, but he has "a real chance of winning." Murray expects White to have adequate campaign funding because of his connections...