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...compassionate conservatism. He quickly pushed the No Child Left Behind Act through Congress, but two years later, the states are furious about the law. Their beef? It imposes huge new testing requirements, and yet the President has not appropriated enough money to pay for it. States have to shell out an estimated $35 billion out of their own pockets. The resulting squeeze has forced 20 states to cut k-12 education programs. Schools in 100 districts in six states have gone to four-day weeks, and some districts in Oregon recently ended their school year three weeks early. Democrats should...
...social menu. As a first-year, one is limited to clandestinely gathering in dorm rooms or searching aimlessly for upper-class parties. In the Houses, those students who by some stroke of luck have a (decent-sized) common room, who are 21, and who are willing to shell out the necessary dough can apply to have a party which will end at 1 a.m. sharp. As often as not, something will upset the delicate balance: it will be “too noisy,” or there will be difficulty removing people from the hallways, or hundreds of first...
...landscape south of Baghdad bears evidence of fighting that never happened. Along the sides of roads are thousands of recently constructed earthwork bunkers, trenches and sandbagged gun emplacements, all facing south. Inspection showed that almost none have spent shell casings, cartridges, scorch marks or any of the other normal detritus of war. If they did hold soldiers at any time, the men had left before any shots were fired by or at them. In some places there are still signs of hasty departures: along the roadsides, discarded uniforms and berets; in buildings, scattered maps, manuals and gas masks...
...companies - or the U.S. market's four largest. The Oils Of War George W. Bush isn't the only one who had a good war. First quarter results hit record highs at British Petroleum, where net profit soared 136% to $3.7 billion; at Royal Dutch Shell, where profits jumped 96% to $3.91 billion; and at Exxon, which saw profits more than triple to $7.04 billion. Cracker Jacked A crummy week for Swedish cracker-maker Wasa, after a Swedish court ordered it to re-brand a 27-year favorite, Moraknaecke. Why? The crackers aren't made in the right region. With...
...When I got on stage and acted a role, I didn’t stutter,” Lee says. “The arts saved my life. Theater brought me out of my shell and made me more confident...