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...Postcard: Downsizing Detroit" [March 29]: Financially strapped Detroit pays the financial manager of schools $425,000? If they reduced it by three-quarters, they might spend the $300,000 on ... I don't know ... textbooks or teachers...
...given us behind-the-scenes access to Apple's product development, as when we did a feature about the launch of the iPhone three years ago. This time, in anticipation of the iPad's launch, we sent out the English writer, actor and technology geek Stephen Fry to spend some time with Jobs and his team. Fry is an unabashed fan of Apple, but we wanted him to get a sense of both how the Apple team works and Jobs' unique role in that process. Fry spoke to Jobs about his dreams for the iPad - and got some time...
...friendly to Moscow, didn't like how the U.S. dealt with Bakiyev during lease-renewal negotiations last spring, believing that the Obama Administration had legitimized an autocratic regime. Still, the country appreciated the increased rent - from $17 million to $63 million annually - as well as a U.S. pledge to spend a further $67 million improving the airport, which serves as Kyrgyzstan's key international gateway...
Benzan said he believes “if programs don’t work, you don’t need to spend money on them...
...This time, Fryer wanted to get a random sample of city schools to participate. Which is not as easy as it sounds. At some schools, the principal and teachers opened their arms wide and said, "Sure. We're struggling here. We'll try anything." At others, Fryer had to spend hours pleading with staff who felt kids should learn for the love of learning - not for the cash. "To this day, I can't tell you what will predict one or the other," he says. "I could walk into a completely failing school, with crack vials on the ground outside...