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...question is, will the money make a real difference in children's lives? In a recent Op-Ed in the New York Times, Douglas Besharov of the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute and a colleague argued that expanding prekindergarten programs "without demanding reforms will not help children." Other critics have also opined that funding early-childhood initiatives is just a sop to liberal interest groups...
This brings up a bigger question though. Why do we still call it add/drop? Why not just drop? Who is still shopping classes a month into the semester? Is there any class you could walk into today, add it, and not fail? Maybe Politics of Congress. But not much else...
...final minutes. “Coming in we had to play strong defense, take out their shooters and make sure we rebounded,” Markley said. “At times we had a little trouble executing that plan but we stuck with it. It was just a question of whether we were going to work hard enough, and obviously that showed at the end of the game.”Harvard came out strong in the first minute of the game, starting with a layup by Markley. The Big Red responded quickly, but for each Cornell shot...
...stimulus plans "could have an enormous difference in whether or not people want to buy cars," says Ben Simpfendorfer, chief China economist for the Royal Bank of Scotland. "What's unusual about this cycle is that China faces the same problems as everywhere else in the world. The big question is how to spur consumer spending. Strong auto sales will help China, just like they'll help America or Europe...
...burning question is whether top Syrian officials will be called before the tribunal. Syria, which politically controlled Lebanon at the time of Hariri?s death, remains the chief suspect in the murder. An initial report by a UN commission, which began investigating Hariri?s death in 2005, implicated several senior Syrian and Lebanese officials. Subsequent reports, however, have been scant on detail, and it remains unknown what evidence the commission has amassed. Daniel Bellemare, the head of the UN commission for the past year, is expected to continue the investigation when he takes up the role on March...