Word: similarities
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...lost more teacher support as he tries to evaluate individual schools by standardized test scores--which teachers also say are relatively new and untested. Other states have taken similar measures, and the state Board of Education already announced that it would grade school districts, but that hasn't won Cellucci any friends among teachers...
Bradley arrives in Massachusetts the day after two polls showed him to be in a dead heat with Vice President Al Gore '69 in New York, a traditional battleground for Democratic delegates. In March, a similar poll showed Bradley trailing by nearly 17 points...
...very similar to what other long-distance providers are offering now," said Nancy M. Kinchla, director of telecommunications...
...their children comes when the kids question whether Mom and Dad have lost too much of their eyesight and reflexes to drive a car safely. Few states make sure the elderly are fit to sit behind the wheel. Only Illinois retests older drivers, and attempts to pass a similar bill in California were shelved last week after strong opposition from the senior lobby. Even so, a new poll by the Field Institute reveals that 83% of Californians favor exams for those over 75. Also favoring the tests were 68% of those ages 75 and older...
...overflowed, and at least one has ruptured, spilling 2 million gallons of sewage into a tributary of the Northeast Cape Fear River. The entire water supplies of Pitt and Edgecombe counties have been contaminated, and four more inches from Harvey isn?t likely to help. New Jersey is facing similar problems ? 1 million residents were told to boil their water this weekend after flooding overwhelmed a treatment plant ? but the problems of an agricultural state are special. At least 110,000 hogs and a million poultry lie rotting in fetid floodwaters, and the animals that survive ? military vehicles have been...