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...This is his chance,” Abernathy said. “It behooves the dean to tell us financially where we are, because that’s what the dean?...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi and Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: FAS Dean To Hold Open Forum on Budget Deficit | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

...crossed the finish line. Semenya, 18, finds herself as not only one of the world's best athletes but also among its most controversial, under investigation by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) not for cheating or doping but for allegedly not being female. "Coach used to tell me there are many ways to kill a cat," she told a crowd outside her parents' thatched, mud-walled home. "I have killed it. That's why I am champion." More confusion was provided by Semenya's ancestors in the Sepedi tribe, who were in the habit of naming villages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Home of South Africa's Gender Bending Runner | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...states get ready to apply for funding, the opposition is still strategizing. "Are the unions going to tell legislators that they're dead ducks if they support this?" says Chester Finn, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a leading education reformer. "I bet not. But they'll definitely work hard to soften the RTT language and then work to undermine the implementation." The Administration believes it can overcome resistance to its plans. Eight states have amended or removed laws to make themselves friendlier to charter schools, partly in anticipation of Duncan's pot of gold. And California Governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Arne Duncan (And $5 Billion) Fix America's Schools? | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...love the Saturday Night Live sketches. In fact, I was extremely disappointed when Will left. We've never had any contestants as ornery as the Sean Connery character that Darrell Hammond portrays. I've been asked how I would feel if we had Sean Connery on Celebrity Jeopardy! I tell everyone I'd just walk up to him and punch out his lights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Alex Trebek | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...experiment, CNN reporter Sean Callebs spent the month of February relying on food stamps. Spending $176 - the maximum amount awarded by the state of Louisiana, where he lives - Callebs found that he could buy enough food, but only if he avoided snacks and most name-brand items. "I can tell you my pants are much looser," he said after the month was over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food Stamps | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

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