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...first glance, this delay may not seem diplomatically optimal. A brief meeting at the UN will not resolve any of the bilateral issues that have sprung up between the two countries, and some matters, like the six-party North Korea talks that resumed on Sept. 13, are pressing. But upon closer examination, despite some inconvenience to the parties involved, a rescheduling may have been just the medicine this summit needed...
...Milwaukee, school vouchers and a policy of choice put a lot of decision-making power in parents' hands, and pressure to keep vulnerable sixth-graders in their familiar grade schools has sprung up from the grass roots. "I don't care if you have world-class middle schools, parents just don't like moving their children from the elementary school," says Andrekopoulos, who used to be principal at Fritsche. Pressure to score high on the math and reading tests mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act also seems to favor K-8s. "Elementary schools have done a better...
Roberts' resume reads so perfectly that it is easy to find the little flakes of destiny littered through his storybook life. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., but raised in Long Beach, Ind., a small town sprung from the sand dunes on the southeastern edge of Lake Michigan, Roberts was in second grade when he won his first case. He had got in a fight with classmate Timmy, which climaxed with his hurling an orange at Timmy's head and splattering a classroom wall instead. Called to account in the principal's office, he argued that the classroom mess was "all Timmy...
...clashes in Kunar province have highlighted a worrying surge in violence in Afghanistan, where 15,000 U.S. troops are based. Several months ago, U.S. and Afghan officials claimed the Taliban was a spent force. But the Islamist fighters and their al-Qaeda allies have sprung back with fresh recruits, new weaponry and advanced bombmaking skills passed on to them by terrorists in Iraq, officials in Kabul...
...sight-see. Two of the most popular stops: Sea World and Honey Lake amusement park, which features a monorail, Ferris wheel and double-loop roller coaster. In 1984, tourism and retail sales accounted for one-third of the zone's $666 million revenues. Even the industry that has sprung up is unimpressive. Instead of attracting the high-tech companies that Peking hoped for, Shenzhen produces mostly clothes, plastics and assembly-line electronic wares. Observes a Hong Kong official: "What [Hong Kong businessmen] have created is more like a Disneyland than a seedbed for the technological development of China...