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...problem of fulfilling Bush's goal that kids enter kindergarten ready to learn really did work. Even as the level of federal funding devoted to public education stagnated during the past decade, the amount invested in early childhood education boomed. Head Start's budget alone grew nearly tenfold. Further, most states raised qualification levels for day care practitioners, and more quality day care is available to poor parents than a decade...
...serious contenders for both Democratic and Republican presidential nominations - emphasize that globalization and the expansion of trade have created unprecedented wealth in both rich and some previously poor countries. The world's economy has grown to six times its size since 1950, primarily on the basis of a tenfold increase in international trade. Free trade advocates believe global prosperity can be maintained and expanded only through an increasingly borderless economy, which requires standardized rules made by a universally accepted authority. That, they argue, is the only way to ensure fairness and avoid damaging trade wars...
...those characteristic "toony" jingles. Composed mainly by Yoko Kanno, prominent composer in the soundtrack industry, it represents an eclectic mix of lyrical ballads, orchestral vignettes, with a funky Gregorian chant piece thrown in as well. With a beautifully incorporated soundtrack, any dramatic moment in anime can be enhanced tenfold...
...Will children suddenly seem as if they are 40 when they are really 14? How about the mental stress that so many of today's geniuses complain of? Are we solving a problem for our children (was there one in the first place?), or are we only creating problems tenfold? EMIL VON MALTITZ, AGE 19 Buckhorn, Canada...
...fact, this is the only time in your life where you will not be challenged to account for your doings and goings-on simply because you are here. You are doing something important by coming here, something that will enrich your life tenfold through the classes you take, the people you meet and the relationships you forge...