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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nice way to spend the warmest months of the year...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Curing the Summertime Blues | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

Later, another speaker read a letter from a mother with a daughter in Belgrade. "Our Easter used to be a day of joy and happiness. Not this time," the letter read. "We'll spend it in the shelter praying...

Author: By Alysson R. Ford and Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Three Local Vigils Raise Awareness of Kosovo | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

Daley's detractors, however, complain that his reformers are obsessed with boosting test scores rather than individual student development. Teachers, the critics say, are pushed to spend too much time preparing students for standardized tests. "You're not going to cut it in this world if all you can do is take multiple-choice tests," says Julie Woestehoff, executive director of Parents United for Responsible Education, an advocacy group that opposes Daley's takeover. "There's no real education going on here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mayors Rule The Schools | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...know if the speech captured why we came here exactly," one student yelled out from the crowd. "I'd like to spend a little more time trying to bear witness to what's happening in Kosovo...

Author: By Alysson R. Ford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Community Sets Aside Dissent at Vigil | 4/9/1999 | See Source »

Some thought he would become the commissioner of baseball, others a Supreme Court Justice, but former Senator George Mitchell (D-Maine) chose instead to spend his retirement making peace in Northern Ireland...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mitchell Relates North Ireland Peace Making | 4/9/1999 | See Source »

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