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...Politics was all about getting the public to answer yes to those three questions. Of course, an integral part of the job was aggressively-often stealthily and sometimes disgracefully-painting the opposition as weak, untrustworthy and effete. McKinnon was amazed the Democrats had never quite figured this out. In fact, they had it backward: the character of their candidate, they believed, would be inferred from the quality of his policies. But in the television era, fleeting impressions mattered far more than cogent policies. Presidential politics had been reduced to a handful of moments and gestures. In fact, the 2004 campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pssst! Who's behind the decline of politics? [Consultants.] | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

...time to move on. Thibaud Boutin 26, graduate student in evolutionary biology, University of Paris South In France we need reform, especially on the bureaucratic level. There's a general sclerosis in the public sector, and it's no different in big companies. But this law isn't the answer. It was forced down our throats, it creates job insecurity and it's discriminatory. In countries like the U.S., England or Switzerland, where they have a very liberal economic system, or even in the Scandinavian countries where there is a bit more job security, a law like the cpe would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moment of Youth | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

...practicality of a college education, even if that does not mean attending Harvard. We seek to raise awareness of available financial aid and encourage all students to attend college and think about colleges they may not have thought of applying to. Indeed, the HFAI office coordinators are trained to answer questions about admissions, college life, and financial aid so they are an invaluable resource for all students...

Author: By Bryce E. Caswell and Precious E. Eboigbe | Title: HFAI: A Low-Income Revolution | 4/7/2006 | See Source »

Given that a free Harvard is a financial possibility, the question we should be asking is not whether we can pursue this policy but whether we should. To answer the latter, we should look to socioeconomic impact and the potential for Harvard to change students’ lives...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Make it Better, Make it Free | 4/7/2006 | See Source »

...errors in the MCAS undermines the validity of these tests in charting student performance. “Over the last several years, there have been a few errors discovered by students,” he said. In addition to grading mistakes, some of these errors have included questions without answers and questions that have more than one correct answer, according to Schaeffer. These errors did not factor into the scoring of the exams because they came to light soon after the tests were administered. Schaeffer said that the human error inherent in the design and scoring of standardized tests should...

Author: By Laura A. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Standardized Tests Still Hold Sway | 4/7/2006 | See Source »

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