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...terrorism. R. James Woolsey, former CIA chief and a member of the terror commission, testified after the report's release that though Greece had been given "substantial information" on 17 November, and had gathered much of its own, it had failed to act. Woolsey even broached a taboo topic in Greece--the fate of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. "As long as 17 November is still potentially a greeting committee for Americans and others," he said, "people should at least begin to rethink the location of the Olympics...
...know. I'm writing a book right now and would like to finish that. The topic is why there is such resistance to research-based methods of teaching. It's a kind of academic tome about the history of ideas that has led to a resistance to teaching methods based on research...
...education is a powerful proponent of bilingual education, a trend Cheney once called "a great disservice to our national education budget." Such an exchange seems unlikely, of course; it would be highly unusual for a presidential nominee to engage his running mate's wife on such a volatile topic...
...truly compelling theme in Oppenheimer's book (as in Barrett's) is how far its subject has traveled in life. But that won't be Topic A this week, because Oppenheimer claims Hillary made an anti-Jewish remark in 1974, on the night Bill lost his first campaign. His main source for the story has been interviewed by several other biographers, none of whom reports such a slur. Hillary dismisses the tale. But she has sown suspicion among some Jews by kissing the wife of Yasser Arafat and voicing support for Palestinian statehood. The story has already spurred tabloid headlines...
...year when it promised a $1 million bonus to any researcher whose idea contributes significantly to company sales. Toshiba lets its engineers use up to 10% of their time to focus on new concepts. Fujitsu supports a program, dubbed "My Way," that allows researchers three years to investigate a topic of their choosing. The firm concedes that very few of its 1,500 researchers take advantage of the deal...