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...reflect the diversity of higher education curricula. Moreover, setting up a national database to track student performance, in addition to throwing serious privacy concerns by the wayside, will divert federal funds from programs that would produce tangible benefits—not more bureaucracy. Should Bush’s vision prevail, he has left us with little confidence in what will happen to American education should institutions, with their budgets reduced, fail to meet the thresholds they are being held “accountable” to. Whatever money might be spent on these tenuously constructed proposals would better serve bolstering...
...Harvard continued its recent dominance of the Saints, upending them in a stunning 3-1 semifinal upset on the strength of two goals from junior Liza Solley and a 40-save effort from Boe.Then, in the final against Brown, the Crimson rebounded from an early 3-0 deficit to prevail by a 4-3 score, with all of the goals coming in an action-packed first period, to secure an automatic bid to the Frozen Eight. Freshman Sarah Wilson netted two of her 13 goals on the season in the contest and earned tournament MVP honors. Classmate Jenny Brine...
...Minister Ismail Haniyeh and some other Hamas leaders have been steadily moving toward some form of recognition of Israel within its 1967 borders, in line with the Arab League offer of peace in exchange for a return to those borders. "If Israel withdraws to the 1967 borders, peace will prevail," Haniyeh told the Israeli daily Haaretz earlier this week, offering a "long term cease-fire...
...fiscal policy, and takes in information from key players in the private sector for use by policy makers in Washington. In essence, he's sort of a double agent in the house of finance. Bolten should understand this, coming from Goldman Sachs. But that hardly means this view will prevail...
...books to address that problem.) And if a hurricane hits, any fine due to delay or destruction can be appealed, he says. "If a hurricane blew a building away, I can't imagine they're going to get somebody for that," Posey says. "I think common sense would prevail. If there is a nuclear holocaust I think the last thing people are going to be worried about is getting their registrations in on time...