Word: reading
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...already appears to be a cautionary tale. Improving schooling in the country has been a key focus of U.S. development efforts, both to undermine the need for and appeal of religious schools (or madrasahs) and to advance literacy, which is 43% among adults; two-thirds of Pakistani women cannot read or write. In long, jargon-filled reports, the principal USAID contractor on an $83 million, five-year education-sector reform project, North Carolina-headquartered RTI (also known as Research Triangle Institute), claims to have "positively impacted" more than 400,000 students (out of 70 million school-age kids) through strengthening...
...Read "How Washington Will Measure Pakistan's Success...
...evaluating the physical standards for all military tasks. This will take several years, but once the results are in, all branches of the ADF will be required to hire recruits based on whether they meet the physical benchmark - and gender and age requirements will be thrown out the window. (Read about Palestinian moms becoming martyrs...
Unlike some of his political allies, Berlusconi has never seemed to suffer from mean-spirited racism. Still, his eagerness to continue cracking racial jokes shows how outdated he and a big chunk of Italian society are. The lack of outrage from ordinary Italians compounds the crime. (Read "The Berlusconi Tapes: 5 Ways to Evade the Scandal...
...Read: "Photos of Nude Partygoers Add to Berlusconi's Woes...