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...investigators discovered that the system failed to use millions of dollars it did have. When school administrators somehow failed to spend $600,000 earmarked for early-intervention programs now deemed crucial to real urban-school reform, the state pulled back the money. The school system also failed to tap a $58 million building-construction fund until a girl was seriously burned when a school boiler forced superheated steam through a school toilet, says Nancy Grasmick, state superintendent of education...
...reason Duran Duran fails to tap into today's music market, and the reason that Medazzaland wont be creeping into the top-10 anytime soon, is that their music isn't really about anything. It does not speak about problems facing today's youth or give voice to female angst. It is purely about fun. If you recall, Duran Duran was always about fun--"Girls on Film" anyone? In a world fueled by skepticism and the desire to attach both cultural and critical meaning to anything and everything, it is too easy to ask what in god's name Medazzaland...
...band through his engrossing, though repetitive, mix of interviews, concerts, and more interviews. He also uses old film footage to fine effect--for example, juxtaposing a scene of a very stoned Neil Young & Crazy Horse circa '76 (bearing an eerie resemblance to the guys from This is Spinal Tap) burning flowers in a Parisian hotel room with clips of the band today as elder statesmen of rock: men with a past that resonates in their music...
Remember that teaching can be an extremely rewarding experience, even for those who choose to enter the profession only for a short period. Many students want to teach before going on to graduate or professional school, and educational institutions are eager to tap their energy and idealism even for just a few years...
...secret financial alliance between the party and the re-election campaign of Teamster president Ron Carey. The trade-off, as proposed by Carey aides, boiled down to this: the Teamsters would deliver $1 million to the party's state branches around the country, and in exchange the party would tap its donors to provide Carey with $100,000 for his re-election bid. The true purpose: to funnel cash from the Teamster treasury into Carey's campaign, an illegal act that had to be done circuitously to avoid detection. But when no Democratic money turned up in Carey's pocket...