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...exams that determine everything from high school graduation to school-funding bonuses. Not to mention whether your kindergartner will have nap time (schools in Mobile, Ala., have grabbed that time for test prep) and where you'll buy your next home (real estate agents in Arizona and Virginia now tout high scores in school districts where they have homes for sale...
...exams that determine everything from high school graduation to school-funding bonuses. Not to mention whether your kindergartner will have nap time (schools in Mobile, Ala., have grabbed that time for test prep), and where you'll buy your next home (real estate agents in Arizona and Virginia now tout high scores in school districts where they have homes for sale...
Gore, hoping to throw a preemptive elbow at any Republican encroachment on the Democrats' voting base, will tout the plan to middle- and lower-income families as a safer alternative to Bush's proposal to bolster Social Security funds using private investments in the stock market. Both plans, say economists, have the same essential goal - easing the government's burden of providing retirement resources for a burgeoning older population. That said, analysts add, both plans also leave something to be desired: Neither presents a plausible explanation for who will pay for the inevitable cash shortfall down the road, and both...
...branding, it means no more kowtowing to Lord Gates. "It's 'the alternative' project," says Taylor. "AOL's been shaping up as the anti-Microsoft for some time, and this is the latest move." Microsoft had planned a similarly themed Next Generation Windows Services forum for Thursday to tout the company's plans for what CEO Steve Ballmer calls the PC-plus era. It's been rescheduled. For Microsoft, these are uncertain times...
That is not enough for Tom and Bill. Late last week Clinton flew to Minnesota and Ohio to tout the bill's benefits for manufacturers and farmers in the heartland. For his part, DeLay has been seen, dripping wet, just out of the shower, delivering his China pitch to a colleague in the locker room at the House gym. "He's quite effective at getting votes," Clinton conceded recently. This time he is hoping DeLay succeeds...