Word: standardly
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...came as little surprise. Despite desperate last-minute attempts to bolster their case with yet another round of testimony from witnesses, the House impeachment managers throughout the trial were unable to provide a compelling explanation for how the president's actions in the Monica Lewinsky affair met the constitutional standard of "high crimes and misdemeanors." Neither charge could muster a simple majority, a sign of how weak the House's charges were from the beginning...
...plans. A Merrill Lynch report found that the average boomer couple are saving 39% of what they should to preserve their life-style through decades of retirement. Says Sara Rix, a senior policy analyst at the American Association of Retired Persons: "Boomers aren't saving enough to maintain the standard of living to which they've become accustomed...
...instantaneous contact. "The [Nuremberg] website takes it to even a higher level," says Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt. When Buffalo, N.Y., abortion doctor Barnett Slepian was killed last fall, she says, "his picture was crossed out within 15 minutes." But in the end, the Portland case used a single standard for its Internet defendants and those who threatened doctors with low-tech, Old West-style WANTED posters. If threats are specific and imminent, the jury said, it doesn't matter how they are published. (In another blow to the Nuremberg Files, its Internet service provider shut it down late last...
Another problem is the piecemeal way in which these tests are developed, with no attempt to coordinate them nationally. Last month Achieve Inc., a bipartisan resource center on standards, was host to a conference in Washington, where representatives from 20 states pledged to work toward a shared national standard by offering uniform exam questions. In the meantime, students like Lajoi probably have less to worry about than the people in charge of teaching them. The Maryland board of education has just targeted three elementary schools in Prince George's County for state takeover because of poor test results...
...story. The main character is a flawed hero--John Travolta plays real-life lawyer Jan Schlictmann with fiery intensity and a stubborn arrogance. A Civil Action is a difficult movie to like precisely because we must watch his disintegration. But the film rewards your patience. It takes the standard legal thriller and in it finds something more substantial: a human drama defined by gray rather than black and white...