Word: state
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...Bill Clinton has always been an unapologetic advocate of expanded trade," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "As a moderate governor of a farm state, he's always maintained business-friendly policies and emphasized that prosperity depends on opening up foreign markets for your products. He's helped turn the Democrats into a pro-business party of fiscal responsibility...
...over-done as the melodrama envelops the audience. The wallpaper patterns are reminiscent of '60s acid tripping posters, and the rooms seem too perfectly contrived. While red is normally a color used on camera to draw attention to an actress in a scene or emphasize a particular state of emotion in a drama, the women in All About My Mother are continuously cloaked in red. Thus, dress provides no clues as to where scenes of tension replace scenes of relaxation. Visually, each scene has an obnoxious similarity to the one before. Despite the melodrama and technique slip-ups, Almodvar allows...
Nearly 6,000 of the state's more than 15,000 teachers took one or all of the tests this October...
...state officials counter that the tests are a reliable predictor of classroom performance...
...since the tests are supported by a majority of the state's educational governing board and its commissioner, David P. Driscoll, they are still in use. And recently, there have been signs that teachers are warming to the idea of testing...