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...Israelis have done over Hamas - whether it was possible, in the 1980s, to visualize the long-term consequences of the "Arab Afghan" program. If we focus only on an immediate objective and our sense of history is measured in months, we may, unfortunately, be doomed, sooner or later, to repeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the 9/11 Commission Overlooks | 4/8/2004 | See Source »

...least the Black and White can hope for history to repeat itself. Last year, the Bears bested the Black and White by 2.7 seconds in the teams’ first meeting, only to fall to Radcliffe at both the Eastern Sprints and NCAA Championship...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Heavies Struggle Against Bears | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

Students who pass reading tests, have fewer than 20 days of unexcused absences and score at least in the 35th percentile on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills pass automatically. Most will not be forced to repeat the same grade more than twice in elementary school, but those whose test scores fall below a certain level will be required to take remedial courses. The new policy is bolstered by an independent study--due for release April 6--conducted by the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago. According to a school-board summary of its findings, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicago's Take On Failing Kids | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

...would be tempting to end here with the historian George Santayana--"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"--but I think the comedian Steven Wright said it better: "Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amnesia the Beautiful | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

...received in its 22-year history. (The Wall Street Journal has won 19 in the same period.) "They thought he was just the kind of thing they were looking for," a USA Today reporter told TIME. The panel will soon issue private recommendations on how to prevent a repeat of such deception. --By Matthew Cooper

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mediawatch: Too Good To Check | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

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