Word: revolutionize
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Fad-hungry kids act up in a worldwide rhythm revolution
IN ITALY, ONE SINGER CALLS IT "REDIScovering the tribal rhythms of our ancestors." In Brazil, another calls it "the ideological music of the street." In Russia, yet another performer says it is simply "a new feeling, a new experience." In France, they say le rap. In any language, it is...
It could rival the Industrial Revolution
In Hugh Thomas' formulation, "The essential characteristic of our times (that is, the years since 1750) is the manufacture of goods for sale outside the neighborhood concerned, in a factory, and by a machine." Factories, to be sure, predated the Industrial Revolution: during the 16th century, one Jack of Newbury...
As with the last big revolution in education -- the imposition of universal public schooling in the mid-1800s -- this one will be driven by the Federal Government. The impetus will be political, social and economic. Such competitors as Japan and the European Community, which pour substantial resources into education, have...