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...Fiennes, follows a German teenager's love affair with an older woman he later discovers was a Nazi concentration-camp guard. For Hare, it's both a meditation on truth and reconciliation, and an exploration of how ordinary Germans became complicit in Nazi horrors. The Reader revisits his signature subject: how personal responsibility meshes with historical events. And it underlines his role as modern theater's great connector, examining the joins between the personal and the political even as he straddles the chasm between America's showbiz glitz and Britain's leftist theatrical tradition...
...lengthy memorandum of understanding negotiated between her staff and Obama's transition team last December as a condition for her being offered the job. That agreement specified that Bill Clinton would disclose all prior donors to the Clinton Foundation, provide an annual list of donors in the future and subject any proposed donations by foreign governments to a State Department ethics review...
...various methods whereby the crafty student attempts to show the grader that he knows a lot more than he actually does, the vague generality is the key device. A generality is a vague statement that means nothing by itself, but when placed in an essay on a specific subject very well might mean something to the grader. The true master of a generality is the man who can write a 10-page essay, which means nothing at all to him, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads it. The generality writer banks on the knowledge possessed...
...What’s more, the policy could inadvertently disadvantage students who lack financial means. From 1993 to 2002, the College Board maintained the Score Choice policy for the SAT II subject tests, allowing students to take them as many times as they wanted and to report only their best scores. However, the College Board ended the policy because it became apparent that the system advantaged students with greater financial resources, who had the means to continue pouring time and money into test prep. There is no compelling evidence to argue that this problem will not repeat itself. Although students...
...past 20 years. "It's not fair for [my neighbors] to have their property reassessed because of the renovations we've done," says Lindsey, a Republican legislator since 2005. "Property taxes should be focused on what you invested in the property rather than the unrealized gain, which is subject to wild variations...