Word: state
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...obvious explanation for this state of affairs is the brutally demanding time commitment that any one extracurricular activity has come to require. Students just don't have enough free hours to accomplish many different things. This reality absolves most of us, but it does not entirely excuse those who are currently asking us to anoint them our leader. Yes, it would take someone truly extraordinary to have earned the admiration of the college's many different communities. But shouldn't the man or woman who represents Harvard's student body be at least marginally extraordinary...
...race come almost exclusively from within the council. Given the irrelevancy of that body, this makes them particularly ill-suited to win the authentic loyalty of students. Many of the candidates have learned to effectively navigate bureaucracy and lobby the administration. They should all immediately take the state civil service examine. But, they cannot boast any great success with student groups that are well-respected and have no legitimate claim to represent the mass of undergraduates. Even their posters are poorly designed...
...Which European former head of state this week found himself at the center of a graft scandal...
...Outside the arena, the news for Bush was less good. Although Bush has reined in a lot of McCain's lead, his hopes of winning the New Hampshire primary took a hit Thursday when the Manchester Union Leader, the conservative newspaper which wields considerable influence among the state's Republican voters, labeled the Texas governor "a nice guy but an empty suit with no philosophical underpinning," and endorsed Steve Forbes. But even if Granite State conservatives have passed the pitchfork to Forbes, the state looks unlikely to give him the same upset victory it gave Buchanan in 1996. Score this...
...graduate from high school - remains stalled at 86 percent. Improving this is a much tougher proposition. Unlike early childhood education, for which there are widely accepted models for success, high school is an area that education leaders aren't quite sure how to address. In the '90s some states experimented with vouchers, while most raised their targets for student achievement on standardized tests. That hasn't been very successful; just last week, for example, Arizona announced that only 1 in 10 sophomores passed a new state math test, and states are now rushing to ease their testing standards. Meanwhile, calls...