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...sure their child receives the best education possible, but patching the failure of public schools by sending students to private institutions ultimately perpetuates the problem rather than solving it. To continuously utilize federal funding solely to pay for tuition rather than new and improved programming may work in the short-term but will be ineffective in the long-term. Instead, the government must make a more concerted effort to develop special-needs programs within the existing public education infrastructure. The money should be channeled directly into the public schools in order to overhaul current failures in the system and make...
...deepening of the crisis. Earlier this year, while Icelandic banking executives offered interviews to calm investors, the Financial Times published an influential story revealing an ongoing investigation into hedge funds trying to destabilize the country. Last month, the liquidity freeze made it impossible for Glitnir to roll over its short-term debt, as the krona suddenly depreciated and interest rates soared. Fear rapidly spread to the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, where residents had deposited billions in the other two Icelandic banks attracted by their high interest rates. Amidst the banking run that immediately followed, the British government...
...Tigers were surely helped by a lack of consistency from the officiating crew. The entire complexion of the game would’ve been different without that missed call.Numerous times the officials handed the Tigers a first down on what should have been second or third and short, and once the back judge—standing nearly 20 yards behind the play—tried to rule a Crimson pass incomplete over the line judge standing just feet from the play. While the play stood as the line judge called it—as a catch?...
...authenticity into doubt, but what Palin did during the convention was something distinct from the mere questioning of her opponent’s credibility. She did not try to impugn Obama’s credentials but rather to lay bare the artifice in his very carefully choreographed convention. In short, she tried to expose his speech as a photo-op. The term “photo-op” or rather, “photo opportunity,” was first coined by John Hart of CBS News with regard to Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign tactics...
...minimal, feminine dress to life. Because she doesn’t have a sewing machine, Sung completes her look with the help of a needle and thread. She braids the piping for the dress entirely by hand. As Sung’s model prepares for the catwalk, working a short navy jersey dress with spaghetti straps and an oversized bow, Sung gives herself a few pats on the back. “I am pretty happy with the way everything turned out,” she says. Natalie Portman would be as well...