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...bill President Bush signed in January--the No Child Left Behind Act--reflected the prevailing mood: to resist standardized tests was to desert kids. The legislation, which mandates annual testing in Grades 3 through 8, passed overwhelmingly. But as state legislatures sew up their budgets and students dive into year-end exams, a change is afoot--the sacred cow of school testing is getting tested itself...
...ranked No. 74 in the nation in individual play, was the only Harvard player to qualify for the year-end tournament. In many ways, his success heralded a new youth movement that should keep the Crimson at the top of the Ivies for years to come...
...says Chris Amori, the owner of Amori Network Solutions, based in North Potomac, Md., and the expert who came to O'Neill's rescue. In-Stat, a market-research firm based in Scottsdale, Ariz., expects the number of home networks in North America to jump to 9.8 million by year-end, up from 4.2 million at the end of 2000, as broadband services become more widely available and networking products get cheaper and easier to use. But home networking is still difficult for most people to accomplish on their...
...Nothing would please Chinese President Jiang Zemin more than bonding with Bush. He needs America. Jiang faces probably the most bruising power struggle of his career as he tries to secure his legacy by placing his protEgEs on crucial perches before he retires at a year-end Party Congress. Having sold himself as a statesman, he risks tarnishing that image if relations with the world's only superpower plummet like a downed spy plane. "If Jiang can show that relations with the U.S. are in good shape, it will enable him to appoint more...
...year-end, digital radio will be available in 85% of the U.K. Several other countries, including Belgium, Germany and Portugal, also boast extensive digital coverage. But Germany is Europe's biggest market. The enormous Japanese manufacturers are unlikely to mass-produce receivers until there is sufficient consumer demand for the radios there. But the German market - dominated by regional stations - is confusing, because most digital coverage is concentrated in the south. To fuel national demand, Helwin Lesch, general manager of Bayern Digital Radio, a transmitter-network operator, admits that German broadcasters are borrowing marketing ideas from Britain...