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School committee member Alfred B. Fantini calls the test scores a "wake-up call" and says he is frustrated that, despite vast amounts of data and resources committed to lowering class size and hiring teachers aides, test scores continue languishing. Cambridge has the highest per-pupil spending in the state...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Uncertain Failure: City Tanks MCAS | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

"Was there ever a fruit as sensual as an avocado?" Bayless writes. "So rough-hewn, dare-to-touch-me masculine on the outside, so yielding, inviting, soft spring green and feminine inside?" Was there ever a chef as passionate about a cuisine as Bayless is about Mexican food? Now that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treats That Speak Volumes | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

The pet project of one Undergraduate Council representative is yielding dividends for a cash-strapped council, but it won't be enough to rescue the group from a chronic budget shortfall.

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: `Not the Kind of Money We Need': Popular UC Books Program Can't Save Council From Budget Shortfall | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

There are substantial problems with automatic enrollment. In most plans companies choose a low-yielding money-market fund as the default investment and 2% or 3% of pay as the default contribution rate. If you're not paying attention--and that fairly describes anyone who must be forced into a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drafted to Save | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

You can put down that super-size bowl of bran flakes. According to an article published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, it looks as if our national obsession with all things fiber may not be yielding the results we'd hoped for, particularly in the realm of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time to Sell That High-Fiber-Cereal Stock | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

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