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...country in the world except for North Korea," Lott maintained, and "Castro has shown no repentance; he's running a dictatorship, a repressive dictatorship." There is, of course, no disputing the argument that China's communist leadership has, over two decades of trade with the U.S., enthusiastically embraced economic reform, while Cuba's has for the most part fiercely resisted it even while welcoming European, Latin American and Canadian investors. But even China's leaders themselves might take issue with Lott's exclusion of Beijing from the communist fold - after all, China remains a one-party state and the party...
Wilfried Schmid (Opinion, "New Battles in the Math Wars," May 4) used student performance on a MCAS question--what is 256 x 98--as the basis to describe the ills of school mathematics programs and attempts at reform. Yet before we go too far with this, let's take a closer look...
...Harvard deans have still maintained much of their divisional autonomy. FAS Dean Jeremy R. Knowles resisted Rudenstine's calls for financial aid reform for a solid year, until the dean was finally satisfied that a change should occur...
...after five minutes, they ran out of things to say and were scanning the offerings on SpectraVision. Neither said he was sorry for the hatchets and sharpened screwdrivers each hurled during the primaries; the vice-presidential offer and rejection were painless; and substantive disagreements over issues like campaign-finance reform, the size of tax cuts and the experience necessary to conduct foreign policy were skipped over lightly. "You don't want one of these things to go badly," says McCain. "The goal is to get it done without any controversy...
...sing," Cossette says. He hopes wrestling will serve as the basis for the most rousing production numbers: "You get four big wrestler types, beautiful girls, set it in a ring. It could be one of the great opening acts of all time." Alas, those anxious to hear how Reform Party squabbles sound set to music will have to wait until after intermission...