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...them wrong. She has started a Pennsylvania-based correspondence course that both her mother and sister completed. For $985, it provides textbooks, online tests and teacher support via phone and e-mail. The rush to cash in on dropouts has made such correspondence courses and "virtual high schools" the Wild West of secondary education, a multimillion-dollar industry that can offer a valuable second chance but has suffered at times from poor oversight and a dizzying array of self-styled accrediting institutions, many of which aren't recognized by mainstream colleges...
Against precariousness? The vibrancy of a society can almost be measured by its precariousness. Free markets correlate not just with prosperity and wealth but also with dynamism. The classic example is China today, an economic and social Wild West with entire classes, regions, families and individuals rising and falling in ways that must terrify today's young demonstrators in Paris. In France not a single enterprise founded in the past 40 years has managed to break into the ranks of the nation's 25 biggest companies...
...explosions, easily tamed the Lions (7-23, 4-8) en route to wins by 13-5 and 8-1 finals. Seniors Javier Castellanos and Matt Brunnig both turned in strong outings from the hill and the Harvard hitters, with a pair of Steffan Wilson home runs thrown in, ran wild on the basepaths, leaving little doubt of a Sunday sweep.HARVARD 8, COLUMBIA 1The Crimson hung a five-spot on Columbia in the bottom of the first and Brunnig took it most of the way from there, prevailing tidily in the nightcap. After loading the bases with...
...game with a solid two-inning performance, allowing only one hit and no earned runs. She struck out the first batter she faced, Samantha Hare, but the ball got away from catcher Halpenny and Hare was able to reach first base. As the result of a series of wild pitches and passed balls, Hare circled the bases to bring the score to 3-0, where it would stay for the rest of the afternoon. The team’s freshmen accounted for half of the Crimson hits—both Hayley Bock and Jade Reichling went 1-for-3. Juniors...
Glück was appointed the poet laureate of the United States in 2003, and Averno is her 11th poetry collection. Among other honors, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her 1992 collection “The Wild Iris,” and the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award for her 1985 collection “The Triumph of Achilles...