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...Then, in a Feb. 18 speech to his fellow college presidents, the psychologist who runs the University of California suggested something radical: Scrap the thing. Richard Atkinson says the test hurls kids into months of practicing word games and math riddles at the expense of studying chemistry or poetry. He wants to make SAT scores an optional part of the application for all 90,000 kids who want to go to U.C. each year. "The SATs have acquired a mystique that's clearly not warranted," he proclaims. "Who knows what they measure?" Those of us who wanted to stick...
...light of the failures that have plagued the missile-defense program and the new dangers posed by the reality that Russia is no longer an enemy or a superpower, Bush should scrap costly national missile defense plans for a more limited program--or, preferably, no program...
Before I launch into my plan, which would scrap Hilles Library as we know it, I should first say that I am a huge fan of Hilles. Reserve readings are almost always available, an extremely talented and helpful staff is always on call, and the only time when the library sees one of its rooms get full is on Tuesday afternoons, when College administrators convene their Ad Board meetings on the penthouse floor...
...said it would pay first-quarter bonuses in stock, not cash. And just last week, the company told roughly half its 2,600 "nonessential" employees--those not involved in customer support--to take three unpaid Fridays off during a five-week period starting Feb. 2. Schwab quickly had to scrap the Friday plan for legal reasons. The leaves will now be "voluntary...
...swallows PCs and mainframes whole, grinds them up and a few minutes later spits them out in quarter-size pieces. A system of magnets, screens and electrical currents separates out aluminum and steel, while the remaining mixed metals go to Noranda Inc., a copper smelter in Quebec. The metal scrap HP produces by the ton has a higher percentage of copper than ore excavated from the ground, according to Bob Sippel, Noranda's vice president of recycling. Last year the Roseville operation retrieved more than $5 million worth of gold, copper, silver, aluminum and steel...