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...have diverted valuable resources from the city's public schools. Since Missouri instituted charter schools in 1999, roughly 4,300 students have enrolled in them, draining an estimated $18 million in state and local funding out of the Kansas City school system, and the district fears that sum could swell to $31 million if newly proposed charters are approved. The system reported $22 million in losses in '99, prompting the closings...
...aesthetes and fishies at the Signet. After a brief intermission, FM reconvened for cocktails and some "Cheeseburger in Paradise," which, fyi, doubles as a restaurant in Maui. But even with the maestro in attendance, there were a couple of things missing. Considering the available options, we needed to swell our ranks and hit the town...
...foresaw how phenomenally successful this formula would be when it hit the small screens. Viewers in the '50s had not had time to become media savvy; at the start of the decade, less than 10% of U.S. households had a TV set, a figure that would swell to nearly 90% by 1960. Watching television, except in a few large cities, essentially meant choosing among the offerings of the three networks...
...didn't necessarily end with delivery. When I sampled the beef Wellington, although remarkably juicy and delicious, I realized it wasn't going to slice cleanly into pieces suitable for lap dining (fearful everyone would be busy during Washington's party-gridlock season, I had let the guest list swell to an sro crowd of 30). I was worried enough to e-mail my editors in New York City: How about a back-up ham, that mainstay of Irish funerals? "Boring," they replied...
Stores try to swell their ranks with seasonal employees to keep up, but for stores that require technical expertise from employees, that isn't always achieved...