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...keeping up with the Joneses' sake. Our educational mandates and challenges are different than those of other countries, and it would be a mistake to suddenly graft the educational system of the Netherlands--the highest scoring country--onto the United States. For instance, in many European countries, like France, Switzerland and Germany, students are tracked by vocational goals and projected ability at an early age. This is clearly not the right system for the United States...

Author: By Noah I. Dauber, | Title: A Failing Grade | 2/26/1998 | See Source »

JERUSALEM: Revelations of a bungled bugging operation in Switzerland appear to have been calculated to ensure the resignation of Danny Yatom, head of Israel?s Mossad intelligence agency, says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swiss Mess Sinks Mossad Chief | 2/26/1998 | See Source »

...were deposed by attorneys for Paula Jones as part of Jones' lawsuit against Clinton. Five of them have been responding to rumors that they had been involved with Clinton since the early 1980s. The sixth is Shelia Lawrence, widow of M. Larry Lawrence, the former U.S. ambassador to Switzerland whose body was removed last month from Arlington National Cemetery. Lawrence, who was rumored to have had an affair with Clinton during the 1992 campaign, has stated publicly that in her deposition to the Jones lawyers, she flatly denied "a sexual or romantic relationship of any type with President Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Up The Heat | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

...political spy turned tell-all literary agent who counsels the secretary; and a special prosecutor who arranges for undercover taping of the intern's private conversations about her sex life because they might have some bearing on his investigations. Is there anyone with integrity in Washington? JEANNIE WURZ Bern, Switzerland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 23, 1998 | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

Harvard admits--and rejects--students from some of the most renowned British preparatory academies and international schools in the U.K., including Eton College, Harrow School, Melvin Girls College, St. Paul's School, the American School in London and the American School in Switzerland's (TASIS) England branch...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Harvard, Oxford Vie For British Students | 1/21/1998 | See Source »

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