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...bear, which is 10 times as numerous as any other animal depicted, to try to make the climate-change link. An otherwise fine issue on extinction is thus marred by a gratuitous climate-change reference that is inapplicable and misleading. You can do better--and should. Fred Gray, SPRINGFIELD, VA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...team (11-8, 6-2 EIVA Hay) ended its successful turnaround season last night, falling 3-1 (29-31, 33-31, 19-30, 26-20) in the first round of the EIVA playoffs to George Mason (12-15, 5-7 EIVA Tait Division) at the Field House in Fairfax, VA. The eighth-seeded Crimson was led by co-captains Brady Weissbourd’s 23 kills and junior Gil Weintraub’s 56 assists...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Volleyball Ends Season With Loss to George Mason | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...Making its first post-season appearance since 2005, Harvard (11-7, 6-2 EIVA Hay Division) will take on fifth-seeded George Mason (12-15, 5-7 EIVA Tait Division) at the Field House in Fairfax, Va...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Kicks Off Playoffs in Virginia | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...really overwhelmed and excited, I really thought they had the wrong number when they called,” said Maiden, originally from Saltville, Va., who rose to success in the Boston area after having worked at various restaurants since...

Author: By Margherita Pignatelli, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Chef Earns National Honor | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...more than 13,000 in the U.S. The Federal Government provides less than 9% of the funding for K-12 schools. That is why it has proved impossible thus far to create common curriculum standards nationwide. In 1989, President George H.W. Bush summoned the nation's governors to Charlottesville, Va., to attempt a standards-based approach to school reform. The result was only a vague endorsement of "voluntary national standards," which never gained much traction. In 1994, President Bill Clinton got federal money for standards-based reform, but the effort remained in the hands of the states, leading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Raise the Standard in America's Schools | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

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