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"People say the Texas Governor is a weak position," said Bush, propping his boots on a chair. "Only a weak person makes it a weak position." In fact, the Texas state constitution of 1876 made it weak in order to prevent Reconstruction-era carpetbaggers from wielding too much influence. "The...
The intent of the Core has been described as teaching "approaches to knowledge" rather than simple content. Indeed, many of its courses employ interdisciplinary techniques that might be lacking in a more narrowly focused departmental course. Yet it seems that departmental courses not explicitly accepted in lieu of Core classes...
The back-to-school makeover usually involves some minor tweaking--crisper jeans, a snazzier 'do or even just a new pencil case. But come next fall, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) may face a reconstruction considerably more drastic.
This doesn't mean that Robbins tries to be all things to all people, a fatal flaw of most directors who try to attract mainstream audiences. Clearly he had a very specific vision in mind for this film, which is theatrical in style and pointedly liberal in its mosaic-like...
"He's already started moving homeless people from shelters around the capital out to seven military camps, where they're being put up in barracks and told to make new lives," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim McGirk. "But despite the incentives he'll offer in terms of jobs...