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Researchers call students like Sarah "pushouts," not dropouts. Shelbyville High's new principal, Tom Zobel, says he's familiar with the mind-set. "Ten years ago," he says, "if we had a problem student, the plan was, 'O.K., let's figure out how to get rid of this kid.' Now we have to get them help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dropout Nation | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

...company the chance to buy back the shares on terms “not less favorable.” Harvard had signed an agreement granting Blinds to Go right of first refusal. The decision means Harvard will have to reclaim holdings in a company it thought it had gotten rid of four years ago—when it sold the shares to Charlesbank Equity Fund. Harvard spokesman John D. Longbrake defended the University’s conduct in the matter. “This case in part involves the interpretation of a technical term in a contract...

Author: By Cyrus M. Mossavar-rahmani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Court Decides Against Harvard | 4/5/2006 | See Source »

...Although it's not yet a done deal, getting rid of Jaafari may yet prove to be the easy part. It will certainly take a lot more than changing the nominee for prime minister to forge a strong government of national unity in an Iraq where most political leaders say they want to avoid a civil war, yet seem incapable of making the compromises required for success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: The Trouble with Ousting Jaafari | 4/4/2006 | See Source »

...President] Fred Wertheimer style of dealing with government. He wants elected officials to be isolated. He doesn't want anybody to be able to petition their government. He wants government-funded campaigns. Everything he's for, I'm against. (Chuckles) And the left is trying their best to get rid of the Republican majority and replace it with a Democrat majority and it's just not going to happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Tom DeLay Explains His Decision | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...violated my trust over 21 years. I guarantee you if other offices were under the scrutiny I've been under in the last 10 years, with the Democrat Party announcing that they're going to destroy me, destroy my reputation, and that's how they're going to get rid of me, I guarantee you you're going to find out of hundreds of people, somebody that's probably done something wrong. I hope that people will look at what we've been able to accomplish, regardless of what they did. The advancement of the conservative agenda, we've been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Tom DeLay Explains His Decision | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

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