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...always pleased to present our cases in open court,” said Liz Kennedy, a spokesperson for the RIAA. “But the exercise that the professor is engaged in is one of pure theatrics. We are not interested in furthering the promotion of the professor’s academic exercise in a court...
...Score Choice is hardly new. ACT already has such an option, and the College Board allowed it for nearly a decade for its Subject Tests. Score Choice rests on the same principle that has supported our admissions process for decades—that applicants should be free to present their own best case. We have always counted an applicant’s highest test scores and have allowed students to decide whether they wanted to send all their test scores. The new Score Choice policy aligns well with our belief that the individual student owns his or her test scores...
...eight stories, which span the 1970s to the present, are bound by the character of K.K. Harouni, a distinguished landowner who becomes a sort of barometer for the state of the ruling class. In his prime, Harouni is a man of influence, commanding estates and legions of servants. At his death, the household is broken up, the house sold: "Gone, and they the servants would never find another berth like this one, the gravity of the house, the gentleness of the master, the vast damp rooms, the slow lugubrious pace, the order within disorder." That generational shift, the breakdown...
Blagojevich had originally boycotted the trial, calling the proceedings, which began on Monday afternoon, a "kangaroo court." That allowed prosecutor David Ellis to present his case at a steady clip without any real hitches. Witnesses testified, evidence was presented and the occasional wiretap tape played. Blagojevich's soliloquy did not slow Ellis down. The trial moved swiftly to a conclusion and the unloved governor was sent packing a couple of hours after what turned out to be his valedictory. (See pictures of the remarkable world of Rod Blagojevich...
...present any evidence to counter the sworn statements under oath," said Bill Haine, state senator from Alton, explaining his vote to toss the governor. He was the first senator to go on record after Blagojevich spoke, and the fact that he's a fellow Democrat indicated that the die was cast. "I wish him luck on his new Hollywood career," added Republican Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale. (See the top 10 scandals...