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School committee members said they would press for state funding of a major renovation of the Maynard school. But the state is rewriting the laws that govern state financing of local school building projects, and the prospects for state money are uncertain...
...fast-growing traffic in Chinese illegal immigrants is a modern-day kind of slave trade, harsh, uncertain and expensive--except there is freedom and opportunity at the end for those who survive it. Thousands of Chinese pay huge sums to cram into ramshackle ships and sealed containers in the hope of sneaking into the U.S. Rough estimates put the number at 10,000 for 1999. Some are caught--1,500 were repatriated last year--but most succeed in joining the estimated global tide of 275,000 illegals entering the U.S annually. A significant percentage also die trying. In January...
Though the show's ratings have perked since a time-slot change, it's still uncertain for renewal, as is Roswell (Monday, 9 p.m. E.T.), which just last fall was riding high on a 22-episode commitment. The triumph of Roswell is that it takes what sounds like an SNL skit--teen UFO-crash survivors in New Mexico--and plays it straight, with an eerie, noir beauty and stately pacing rare on today's chatty dramas. (Few series do pauses better than Roswell, thanks largely to Jason Behr, who plays alien Max like a junior Duchovny...
Stung by criticism, the IMF has already pledged some reforms, including greater transparency, greater efforts toward debt relief, and a heightened focus on preventing financial crises before they start. Whether these changes were the result of anti-globalization protests or other pressures is uncertain; however, the political forces behind the demonstrators in Washington are very clearly playing a game of chicken with the global economy. Should the continuing efforts of the protestors result in an IMF and World Bank more sensitive to the needs of the developing world, the protests will have accomplished an important goal; the austerity measures...
With Radcliffe College's October 1 merger with Harvard, the future of the mentorship program remains uncertain...