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...developed on a more localized level. This philosophy is well represented in the new budget by a proposal to give out grants of $5,000 to elementary schools that design their own curricula. In addition to encouraging creativity and diversity in education, these grants would encourage principals to shape their curriculum to the needs of their particular students, thus keeping control over education at the local level where it belongs. We can only hope such grants are successful and a similar idea is someday applied in high and junior high schools. That being said, the new proposal still unfortunately encourages...
...paths through the book never really resolve or interact with the central motion of the plot in any meaningful way. Though a great deal of effort is made to construct the character of Bing Beiderbixxe, comic book artist and nerd extraordinaire, he’s never able to take shape as a character in himself or to contribute meaningfully to the story; he remains a bit part of Bock’s overlarge collage of Las Vegas personalities.Of these personalities, it’s notable that the centerpiece and catalyst of the action, Newell, is the least developed character...
...argument for engaging scientific elites is that they are often socially integrated with other elites in the country and can influence them, he says, just as Russian physicists are believed to have helped shape the thinking of former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev...
...Everybody reported in good shape. We have no contract issues. [Pitcher Curt] Schilling is probably lost to us for the first half of the season, and that's a serious loss. But there are a lot of players in very, very good shape. Our problem, in quotation marks, is that we have two centerfielders. So when your problem is that you have two of something, that's a lot better problem than having none of something. Do we foresee a third world championship? No. That might be considered cocky. But we have a good team, and we should have...
...always want to keep the programming new and fresh,” said Cristina N. Hoff, fitness program manager at Hemenway, of the new options. These classes have more going for them than their novelty, in that they’re easy for out-of-shape Harvard students. The classes, termed “low-impact” because they are easy on the joints, combine various styles of dance with aerobics for stretching, light cardio, and muscle training. ZUMBA!, one of the new classes this semester, came about after a whopping five instructors received certification for ZUMBA! fitness instruction...