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...amount of teacher knowledge of a subject area will be irrelevant if teachers are not able to effectively impart this knowledge to students. Thus, there is little to be lost by giving developing teachers more experience in the classroom. Education for the young is the bedrock of our society and economy, and if education schools can change their methods so that teachers can more effectively reach struggling children, they will be doing students and the country a great service...
...President Bill Clinton declared a national emergency, prohibiting trade with members of the Taliban. President George W. Bush declared two national emergencies in September 2001, activating several obscure statutes, mostly related to calling up the armed forces. And although he proclaimed Hurricane Katrina an "incident of national significance," thus enacting a disaster-response plan headed by then Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, he did not invoke any powers under the National Emergency Act. This is common practice; natural disasters are usually declared state emergencies by the acting governor, who then requests federal aid. (See a bin Laden family photo album...
...deep character. Even as Richard loses his grip on his crown and his sanity, Kinsley projects more assurance than might be expected from the role without losing any sense of her character’s pathos. When she says, in Richard’s final monologue, “Thus play I in one person many people,” her performance fully justifies the line...
Akpan, the pre-season favorite for Ivy Player of the Year and legitimate contender for the Hermann trophy, has put in an impressive season thus far but will need to keep producing (and more importantly, keep winning) to secure any trophies. On the Ivy front, Dartmouth’s Keat (7 goals, 5 assists) looks to be Akpan’s chief competitor. The success of their teams will play a large factor in determining who wins this year...
...Familia is estimated to export as much as half of the 200 tons of crystal meth that enter the U.S. from Mexico each year. It was thus a clear target for Project Coronado, the four-year operation by U.S. and Mexico anti-drug officials, which has collared 900 others, mostly La Familia associates, in both countries. Aside from meth trafficking, La Familia has also brought Mexico's gangland violence across the border, into communities as far flung as Atlanta and Seattle. The group, like Mexico's two largest drug gangs, the Gulf and Sinaloa cartels, is also famous for beheading...