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Bush and his strategists also believe education gives them an opportunity to define Gore as a special-interest coddler, a roadblock to reform. On Friday, Bush's campaign unveiled the first TV commercial of the Bush-Gore contest, an education-reform spot running in Illinois and reaching parts of Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri. "Gore and Clinton had eight years, but they've failed," the ad says. "As President, George W. Bush will challenge the status quo with a crusade to improve education." In response, Gore put up an ad pointing out that reading scores "are going up across America," styling...
...assignments are handed in via e-mail.) "I have a feeling that $100 million will be a mere drop in the bucket," says Quittner. But assuming the school comes to fruition, it could easily attract investors with the lure of say, advertising banner space. In the end, the biggest roadblock may be technological. "Distance learning won't be ideal until major technological hurdles crumble, until we have super-fast connections to the Net that will allow people to send and receive video as easily as they e-mail each other today," says Quittner. Still, he says, Saylor's donation will...
...charges against Faget puts another roadblock in the way of attempts to lift the United States' 38-year-old trade embargo against Fidel Castro's Cuba. Just months ago such a move appeared to be on the horizon - President Clinton talked last summer of revamping America's "archaic Cuba policy" and travel restrictions to the island were eased, paving the way for top U.S. officials to visit Havana. But then the Elian Gonzalez imbroglio erupted, a case that has increased passions for both keeping and easing restrictions. And now Operation False Blue will surely help the pro-embargo lobby...
Driskell's campaign has a roadblock more difficult to overcome than limited poster space, though. The night before, Burton was expelled from the council for missing too many meetings...
...driving a train with the entire student body on it when you see a roadblock up ahead. You could keep going and kill everyone on the train, or swerve and just kill your roommate. what...