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But two characters come on the scene with iconoclastic bravado. Seeley, the powerhungry, postmodernist Australian expat, launches a magazine in the hopes of fomenting a nihilistic revolution and toppling Murray, whom he regards as a gross charlatan and a fraud.

Author: By David L. Golding, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Frivolous Lives, Interrupted | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

To earn an I.B. diploma, students must prove written and spoken proficiency in a second language, write a 4,000-word college-level research paper, complete a real-world service project and pass rigorous oral and written subject exams. Courses offer an international perspective, so even a lesson on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

Curriki, however, isn't meant to replace going to school but to supplement it and offer courses that may not be available locally. It aims to give teachers classroom-tested content materials and assessments that are livelier and more current and multimedia-based than printed textbooks. Ultimately, it could take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

One reason for suppression was a fear that festivities could get out of hand and even lead to revolution. This fear was not unjustified: the carnival tradition helped fire up the French revolutionary crowds as well as uprisings of slaves and colonized peoples from the Caribbean to West Africa. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fight for Your Right to Party | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

I believe the midterm elections may finally swing the pendulum back from President Ronald Reagan's conservative revolution. But it took the needlessly spilled blood of too many young Americans to do it. Tragically, Reagan's "Morning in America" has become mourning in America. Russell Kussman Los Angeles

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

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