Word: wisconsin
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...finance our campaigns," McCain says. "And you're never going to get rid of pork-barrel spending and make government smaller until you remove the special interests that dominate our political process." Sources close to McCain say he and his co-sponsor, Democrat Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, will threaten to bring Senate business to a halt this month unless G.O.P. leaders bring up the bill for debate and a vote...
Kids don't always come up with the same answers that adults would, but that's fine. Says Shawn Ford, 39, a foreign-language teacher who coaches two teams in Wisconsin's Kaukauna school district: "It's sometimes frustrating, but it's also fun to watch the kids come up with amazingly creative ideas." And thanks to the rules, credit for the final product--and for meeting the challenges of getting half a dozen or so individuals to organize themselves into a smoothly running team--goes directly to the OMers. "It really feels good," says John, "to know...
...case, and a similar one pending in Illinois, could set new precedents for the rights of nonbiological or "psychological" parents. Steve Scarborough, a lawyer for the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, which promotes homosexual rights and is representing Kazmierazak, says courts in New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have "recognized the harm that comes to children when relationships with nonbiological parents are severed...
...proof that cracking down on social promotion will work. Most research shows that retaining students in the same grade rarely lifts their achievement. More often it demoralizes kids like Walker--and increases their chances of dropping out. "With respect to whether retention is a good idea," says University of Wisconsin professor Robert Hauser, who studied the issue for the National Research Council, "the answer is no or almost never...
...Black-and-White won races against Cornell, MIT, Northeastern, Syracuse, Dartmouth, Boston University, Wisconsin and Yale...