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...Asian or a nerd, I’d better not be on the math team.’ Kids are self-selecting. For social reasons, they’re not even trying.” A revamp of math’s cultural image may be the most potent tool for boosting our nation’s diminishing math proficiency rates. While many charge that mathematic skill is the purview only of the few and gifted, proficiency is clearly within the range of all students. Those who excel in math are not necessarily those with the greatest raw intelligence...
...More recently, Haider was seeking to re-invent Austria's far right. In campaigning for this year's national parliamentary elections, he steered clear of Nazi references, focusing instead on the alleged threat posed by immigration, a potent political issue in Austria. His greatest political success came in 1999, when he led the Freedom Party to 27% of the vote, a result that triggered outrage in Europe and, ultimately, sanctions from the European Union when the party was invited to join the government. Haider never held national office himself, preferring instead to work behind the scenes from his post...
...Fernandez - flamenco is life itself, a way of staking out and defending feminist territory. Her passion for the dance is obviously fueled by an unhappy love affair, the emotional details of which pour forth in the course of her instruction. Fernandez has only two scenes, but they are as potent as any you are likely to see in any movie and, like the rest of us, Poppy doesn't know whether to laugh, cry or shrug at this naked display of passion...
...process of creating material and healing.” “Ajax in Iraq” incorporates many important themes regarding war and society, and each student actor has a different hope for what the audience will take away. “For me, one of the most potent things is the Vietnam veteran, which [Ampuero] plays, who’s homeless in D.C. at the war memorial,” says Emily Alpren, who plays “A.J.,” the heroine. “Just the idea of how we deal with veterans...
...Legislation that will allow the Treasury to use $700 billion to help institutions in distress is also potent proof of the crisis’ gravity. Betting on the decline of selected financial firms’ stocks, known in finance as “short-selling,” is now banned in the United States and Britain. According to South China Morning Post, Chinese banks were recently told to suspend lending to U.S. financial institutions. The weak dollar caused import prices to surge by 20 percent from last year, which should have helped local enterprises; it has provided an advantage...