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...Happy Anniversary, India Congratulations on the special report about India's 60 years of independence [Aug. 13]. William Dalrymple's "Business as Usual" was a brilliant piece of writing. India's democracy is robust, and in the past 15 years, its economy has grown fast. Nevertheless, India could (and must) have much more human equality. The country is home to the largest number of poor and malnourished. And yet, as mentioned in your June 18, 2007, issue, the estimated cost of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's planned 27-floor mansion in Mumbai is $1 billion, more than the combined annual income...
...wasn't bad. In fact, I felt, oddly, snobbishly worldly pouring it from a plastic bottle. It was as if I were saying, I drink so much wine that I don't have to pretend that this slightly flat grapefruit explosion I'm going to down with leftovers is special. Plus, I tend to drop things a lot when I drink...
...bright, they are left pretty much on their own. In integrated classes, they are forced to learn at the pace of the slowest. We need to raise the bar. There are exceptions to the rule, but on the whole not enough attention is paid to bright children. They need special classes too--and more money spent on them...
...highest IQs is a paltry 10% of the money spent educating students with the lowest IQs comes as no surprise to parents of gifted children. Gifted youth who have the potential to find a cure for cancer or get the U.S. back to the moon and beyond deserve special curriculums. Because federal and state governments neglect the needs of gifted students financially, the opportunities for our best and brightest are diminished...
...least, his attempts to portray himself as the real change agent in the race - the one who wants to slam the door on lobbyists and other "Washington insiders" - isn't paying off. Obama beats him by 35% to 25% on the question of who "will take on special interests in Washington." (Clinton trailed with 19%.) Iowa Democrats seem to like Edwards more for who he is than for what he says; they call him the "most likable" and the one who best understands their concerns, but his toss-out-the-insiders message hasn't stuck...