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...high and set it way out in front of us,” said Seidel, who went to college in Berkeley, Calif., a city noted for its environmentalism. “We’re the perfect size, we have plenty of resources, and we have lots of bright ideas. Cambridge ought to set a model for other cities to follow...
...your fill of casino hotels, the Pousada-situated on a hill near the scenic ruins of a 19th century fort-is one of Macau's better-kept secrets. It's also affordable (spacious modern rooms go from around $65 a night midweek) and the young, bright-eyed students seem that bit more helpful. "I'm learning about the whole running of the hotel," enthuses Elaine Fong, a 19-year-old hotel-management sophomore who clocks in about 20 hours a week...
Even before the recent pet-food scare, supermarkets had to be careful about where to put kitty litter, since its use carries a definite ick factor. Attractive, bright packaging may help, but positioning in the pet section remains a challenge...
...says, is having a data-management system that can accurately track the performance of individual students statewide. Another sticking point, she says, is ensuring that growth doesn't replace the goal of moving kids up to grade level. "Growth models have to be within what I call the bright-line principles of the law, which is grade-level proficiency by 2014. Moving the goalposts is not what we are talking about...
...HEARD of LCD television in the late 1960s, when Nobel-prizewinning French physicist Pierre-Billes de Gennes began studying liquid crystals, a form with properties of both liquids and solids, now used to create bright, clear displays for TVs and other devices. On awarding the 1991 Nobel to De Gennes, the jury called him the "Isaac Newton of our time." He was 74 and died of unknown causes...