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Recently elected Mayor E. Denise Simmons criticized Superintendent Thomas D. Fowler-Finn’s budget presentation for its measures of success that she said “set the benchmark...
Fowler-Finn had compared the 59 percent statewide four-year graduation rate for black males to a 91 percent rate for the same demographic in Cambridge Public Schools. His budget presentation cited this data as indicative of progress in the “continuing goal” of narrowing the achievement...
...substitute the cherry tomatoes. White batter products have replaced whole-grain waffle batter and pasta. In response to higher food prices, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) has begun to phase out several menu items in favor of cheaper, less healthful alternatives. Given the way that HUDS’ budget is determined, its constraints are understandable. The board rate is negotiated in the winter prior to the school year, forcing HUDS to get creative in light of rising food prices. Although HUDS inevitably has to make cuts in the short term, HUDS has employed backward logic in deciding which items...
...military and security affairs poses risks to stability by increasing the potential for misunderstanding and miscalculation," the report said. "This situation will naturally lead to hedging against the unknown." The Pentagon adds that China spent up to $139 billion on its military, up to three times its declared budget (but only about a quarter of the Pentagon's). "The real story is the continuing development, the continuing modernization, the continuing acquisition of capabilities and the corresponding and unfortunate lack of understanding, lack of transparency about the intentions behind those and the way they're going to be deployed," David Sedney...
...certain to be used as ammunition by the China bashers in Congress. "By 2010 China will have almost twice the number of submarines - not the same capability, but almost twice the number of submarines - as the United States," Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, warned at a recent House Budget Committee hearing. Senator James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, said at a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that during the 1990s, Beijing's military procurement "increased by 1,000 percent...