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Both sides have accused the other of manipulating the Mass. Office of Education Quality and Accountability’s (EQA) 86-page report to suit its own agenda. Ascertaining what the report says—specifically, if it paints the picture of an improving or a worsening school district—is a matter of critical importance to the schools’ quality and to Fowler-Finn’s contract renewal...
...weary-looking woman in a black track suit and pink flip-flops said she had made the decision to leave Lebanon early that morning, as Israeli bombers returned to strike her area of Baalbeck. Her fiance was still in Beirut. "I just couldn't handle it anymore. I had to get out." She left behind nearly all her possessions, but managed bring along her wedding dress. "Sometime, we will have the wedding," she said firmly. "If we're both still alive...
...towns the size of Jamestown (pop. 15,500), that means "casual dining" establishments. Before the era of chain dining - of Applebee's and Outback and that graybeard T.G.I. Friday?s (founded 1965) - business-traveler dining was different. I like to imagine that a gentleman in a Cary Grant suit stepped from his plane (itself stewarded by a pillbox-hatted attendant who had served gin martinis) and drove to a local place to eat crunchy fried chicken and flaky blueberry pie. I like to imagine the gentleman then retreated to a downtown hotel where he ordered whiskey in a heavy-bottomed...
...Kennewick, Wash., will consider an illegal-immigration ordinance this week too. "The government's not doing enough," says Kennewick councilman Bob Parks, the measure's sponsor, who points to Barletta as his inspiration. "I thought, If this mayor has the guts to do this, I'm going to follow suit...
Funny that Parks should choose the word suit. That's exactly what opponents of such measures are planning. The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund expects to file a lawsuit shortly to overturn Hazleton's ordinance, which Cesar Perales, president of the New York City--based advocacy group, says is "unconstitutional and discriminatory." Perales cites a legal analysis by the bipartisan Congressional Research Service that suggests Hazleton's ordinance, by creating penalties for those who aid immigrants, may be trampling on an area of law that is under federal jurisdiction. "You can't have every little town deciding...