Word: safely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...jungle out there in the global car business. The economies of scale increasingly favor the multinational giants. And more of the smaller firms are deciding they'll fare best by joining with a strong partner. That's why safe, sensible Volvo of Sweden last week agreed to allow its car division to be bought by Ford, the No. 2 U.S. automaker, for $6.5 billion. The deal takes Ford closer to its goal of becoming a "world car" company. "The beauty of this deal is that Volvo is a premium brand with premium profit margins," says Scott Merlis, who follows autos...
Granted, teacher quality is but one of the standards Clinton proposes. Under the plan, schools would be required to end the "social promotion" of academically unqualified students, institute school report cards and strengthen discipline to keep schools safe. And to help poorer districts who might have trouble meeting these standards, an additional $200 million will be given to the states to identify and resuscitate these lowest-achieving districts...
...still believe the best administrators of our local schools are the localities themselves. Nevertheless, the current proposal--that schools be required to provide a safe environment under the supervision of reasonably competent teachers--is one our future generations deserve...
...think that the University actively tried to cover up the Elster arrest--far from it. Any violent crime at a safe institution like Harvard is difficult for administrators to handle, and rape is a particularly sensitive issue, for understandable reasons...
Since it is probably safe to assume that people intent on securing high-priced Ivy League eggs are carrying some pushy-parents genes themselves, their joining forces with a donor who got into an Ivy League college by dint of her family's willingness to fork over 10 grand to an SAT prep course could result in a child with somewhere between a dose and a half and 2 1/2 doses of pushy-parents genes. Apparently the egg seekers aren't troubled by the prospect of having their grandchildren raised by this sort of person...