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...facing up to the need for far-reaching internal reform. No living MIA has ever been found in Vietnam. Texas enacted some of Perot's educational reforms (no pass, no play; reducing class size), but on Friday night far more students are still cheering touchdowns than prepping for calculus exams. But embedded in these crusades are important -- and not always reassuring -- clues as to how Perot might behave if handed the toughest challenge of them all: the presidency...
...taboos date back to the time when there were no effective treatments and a cancer diagnosis was almost invariably a death sentence. Even in the 1930s, less than 1 cancer victim in 5 was living after five years. Steady progress over the past few decades has changed that calculus dramatically. Today the cure rate for cancer approaches 50%, and for many forms of the disease, it is 90% or higher...
...political calculus, the middle class works out to be about 63% of the American population, meaning those families of four earning between...
...grandparents' challenges were not confined to the effects of international politics. At the age of 56, my grandmother decided to attend medical school, and my grandfather taught her the calculus she needed to pass the entrance exams. She graduated at the same time as my mother...
Even girls who take the same math and science courses and do just as well on standardized tests are far less likely to consider technological careers. A study of Rhode Island high school seniors, for instance, found that 64% of boys but only 19% of girls taking physics and calculus planned to pursue science or engineering in college. Last week's report contends that girls' aversion to these fields limits their career options and future income...