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...makes sense for the economy," said engineering student Darren Atkins, 20, in Dublin. "When I see companies like Intel and Ryanair supporting the treaty, it makes me think that I should do the same." Pre-school teacher Isabel Costello, 54, said the downturn made the choice clearer. "These are difficult times for Ireland," she says. "But I think we're in a stronger position as part of the E.U. I'm not sure a small country like ours could survive on its own in the current climate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Irish Ayes on Lisbon Treaty Have Europe Smiling | 10/3/2009 | See Source »

...slightly younger peers. The result is that by the time we look at the professional hockey leagues in Canada, a shockingly disproportionate number of the players on the roster were born in January, February and March. This effect also affects schooling. Those who are closer to eligibility cutoffs for school enrollment and are older when they begin kindergarten and pre-school are likely to be more mature and more intellectually advanced than those born farther away from the cutoff. This arbitrary cutoff date then has a real impact on the success of these students; at many colleges, Gladwell claims, students...

Author: By Anjali Motgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Outliers' Doesn't Succeed | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

Throughout this primary, the Democratic debate on education reform has been hollow and lackluster, consisting of little more than vague attacks on No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Sidestepping any real discussion of NCLB, the candidates have instead focused their primary stumping on revamping pre-school and Head Start programs. Although early education is important, the next superintendent-in-chief will have to spend much more energy transforming NCLB, which, despite its many flaws, should remain the centerpiece of Federal education policy...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: The Dems Can Save NCLB | 2/6/2008 | See Source »

...whose parents are Chinese and caucasian, grew up lower middle-class in Manchester, N.H. Her mother was a pre-school teacher and her father worked in retail...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Ticket Out of Poverty | 12/11/2007 | See Source »

...exists, because it has a fabulous performance by Mintz-Plasse, a first-time movie actor with a beguiling, almost cunning dorkishness. The comedy comes from Fogell's belief that he is somehow cool, though he must have been told the opposite three times a day since he was in pre-school. Apatow has a habit of promoting his featured losers to starring roles. Rogen was one of Steve Carell's friend-torturers in The 40-Year-Old Virgin before getting Knocked Up, and Hill was a Rogen buddy in that film before Superbad. From this natural selection of the lamest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Superbad: A Fine Bromance | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

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