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...Metamorphosis” he replies: “Kafka was one of my predecessors.”When his wife Joan (Laura Linney) embarks on a literary career, with greater success than he has enjoyed in decades, the latent tensions in their marriage are exposed and worsen until they precipitate divorce.The emotional fallout from this decision, particularly for the couple’s sons Walt and Frank (played by Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline respectively), is devastating. The film’s tagline—“Joint custody blows”—succinctly summarizes their feelings...
Advocates for choice say it promotes healthy competition, forcing lower-performing schools to improve in order to attract students. Opponents say implementing a system of choice would worsen the public educational system, siphoning money from struggling schools into funds to pay for school vouchers...
...squeeze could worsen if Cambridge officials cut the number of voucher recipients—which they say may be necessary after the federal government reduced Section 8 funding to the city by $1.2 million last year...
...other youngsters. If children go to school and grow up together regardless of race, they will be able to stay friends for life and better understand other cultures. Vanna Taddeucci Florence My compliments on your excellent article about the subtle racism that still divides South African society. That may worsen in our second decade of democracy, as the idealists of the struggle and the survivors of oppression increasingly move out of public life. Our quality of life may decline if people fail to recognize capitalism's ills, like greed and self-complacency, and if they lack compassion for their neighbors...
...also worried that deep de-Baathification would worsen Iraq's sectarian divisions. While the current Shi'ite and Kurdish leadership spent much of the Saddam years in exile, Sunni leaders stayed and took part in the regime. Iraq's new leaders, who have long memories of the oppression of their people by an Iraqi military largely commanded by Sunni officers, view many Sunnis with suspicion and it's the Sunnis' turn to be nervous. "They do not mean 'Baathists'," said Abu Laith, the Iraqi captain. "They mean Sunnis...