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Jackson said Khatami is also expected to visit Georgetown University, Columbia University, and the University of Virginia during his visit...

Author: By Javier C. Hernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: KSG: Khatami Speech Will Go On | 9/5/2006 | See Source »

...Even what your child eats for lunch matters more than the sex of his teacher. In fact, getting good calories into students has so consistently been shown to improve test scores that some schools in Virginia have been accused of cheating a la Barry Bonds - by juicing their students on test days. On those days, the free lunches that poor students received had unusually higher calorie counts. Among those students, English test scores rose by 14%, and 18% in History and Social Studies. Maybe they scored higher on the next round of child obesity tests as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of Dubious Teaching Secrets | 9/5/2006 | See Source »

...distinguished record of military service. Many Republicans bitterly regretted that McCain had not been their candidate eight years before. "He might have been the greatest war leader we never had," his campaign manager said on Nov. 3, 2008, after McCain conceded defeat to Mark Warner, the former Governor of Virginia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation That Fell To Earth | 9/3/2006 | See Source »

...further explained why that policy is virtually guaranteed to fail. The disastrous outcome of our policy in Iraq should have prompted U.S. leaders to see the terrorism problem in a more comprehensive way. The lives of thousands of innocent soldiers and civilians are in jeopardy. Richard Busch Leesburg, Virginia, U.S. Israel repeatedly claims that the necessity of its efforts to hobble Hizballah's operations justifies endangering Lebanese civilians. Meanwhile, the U.S. speaks volumes in its silence and continued support of Israel, Britain hides behind the cloak of diplomacy, and other European countries are crippled by their indecisiveness. Even Middle Eastern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Voyages of Discovery | 8/29/2006 | See Source »

...arguments and counter-arguments in Expos. I find that thinking of questions my readers will ask themselves as they read my work—whether a paper or a Crimson article—and addressing those questions make for a solid piece of writing. Why wouldn’t Virginia Woolf create a narrator in “To the Lighthouse” who is clearly defined? The process might seem simple, but I sometimes forgot to be a step ahead of the reader, and to bring my thoughts to fruition; Expos changed that...

Author: By Katherine M. Gray, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Expos 20: Worth the Pain | 8/28/2006 | See Source »

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