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...White House advisers, Bush is content to let the military get on with its mission. But U.S. officials can hardly claim that they have a clear plan to contain the rebellion. Among U.S. allies abroad and politicians from both parties at home, calls are growing for the Administration to revamp its strategy for bringing Iraq under control and establishing the conditions for a rapid transfer of power to Iraqis. None of the options are painless, and all risk making things worse before they get better. But the U.S. cannot afford to wait until Iraq becomes an unwinnable quagmire. Here...
...glad to see that President Bush is acting to make the system fairer for newer schools and the lower-income students enrolled in them. That said, as it stands, the details of the administration’s plans to revamp federal funding are unclear. We hope that the president and Congress will require that all institutions that eventually receive federal aid meet minimum thresholds of academic integrity. This system must not be exploited by fly-by-night schools that are unequipped to deliver quality education. In these cases, funding is more productively used by established institutions with credible track-records...
...Masters to order equipment together at the end of the spring term in order to take advantage of lower shipping costs, Gross said. But since Quincy, she said, had already been discussing renovating its gym for months, the Masters did not want to wait another six months to revamp the Quincy...
...Saro-Wiwa, who vigorously contested Shell's oil operations in Nigeria, and the company's plans that same year to sink the Brent Spar oil rig in the North Sea. Both sparked huge international protests and boycott calls that led to a change of management and a complete revamp of Shell's ethical standards and operating behavior. Disaster is also behind Total's ethical epiphany. In December 1999, when the oil tanker Erika sank off Brittany, spewing Total oil up and down the French Atlantic coast, French TV showed agonizing pictures of oil-drenched beaches and suffocating seabirds...
Evans was brought into Cambridge in 1999 to revamp the system’s ailing high school and then quit two years later after drastically restructuring the school, citing school committee micro-management...