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Vera Hassner Sharav, the president and founder of the Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP), gave Koski credit for his willingness to hear differing points of view in his role at OHRP. AHRP is a non-profit group that works to raise public awareness about the use of human subjects in research...
Like Edison, Chancellor Beacon has less flexibility in the five schools it operates in Philadelphia than it had in previous projects: it must work with unions, a district bureaucracy and students who weren't specially recruited for its schools. But unlike the other two for-profit companies, Chancellor Beacon has been slow to roll out changes, instead beginning the year by studying the problem through teacher surveys, classroom visits and student test scores. In coming weeks the company plans to convene a parent round table, introduce new math and reading curricula and step up training for teachers. "There are things...
...Gruner & Jahr, publisher of Rosie, thinks it can profit from Rosie O'Donnell's name and ignore her views, it's living in the past [PEOPLE, Sept. 30]. It obviously doesn't know the real Rosie. Her appeal is her honesty and straightforwardness, and this flap over editorial control of the magazine Rosie just makes those qualities all the more real to her fans. Go, Rosie! Jade Walsh Jackson Hole...
...their homeland had become a battlefield. Over the next decade, they produced carpets featuring rocket launchers, machine guns, bombs, and helicopter gunships. In lesser numbers, these carpets are still produced. Collectors describe them as a vital emotional response to the country's devastation, souvenirs for departing Soviet soldiers, and profit engines to raise cash for mujahedin guerrillas...
...It’s a non-profit thing. It’s not a fundraiser thing,” she said. “It’s as much to the benefit of the student as to the benefit of the stores...