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...minus clues that something terrible had taken place. "One does not enshrine the violence," says Linenthal, "but it is necessary to retain some edge." He believes modern memorials provide "a sense of turning to the past for orientation, cautionary tales and moral lessons. They are seen as ways to correct the sins and evasions of the past...
...moderation of new president Ricardo Lagos, who was briefly jailed under the dictatorship, his government is quite happy to see Pinochet on the defensive. "For the most part this is simply going through the motions of stripping Pinochet of his immunity and of his glory in order to correct the historical record," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim McGirk. "Given his rapidly declining health he's unlikely ever to make it to trial...
Multiplying 256 and 98 is a difficult example of 2-digit by 3-digit multiplication. Multiplying by 8 and 9 is tougher for kids, partially because of the "carried" amount that must be added in; to get the answer correct a child has to carry out 6 multiplications and 4 additions in producing the two partial products. In this case the addition of the partial products is simple, but typically there are 3 more additions to be performed...
...example correct a student has to correctly complete 10-14 mixed computations in addition to the correct placement of the partial products, which depend on place value knowledge or remembering the rote rule. This is a wonderful example of an exercise that is far more easily solved mentally. Perhaps we should be teaching this...
...designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons abroad while hanging on tightly to a nuclear capability of its own and sometimes even brandishing it to make a point. This attracts criticism from others, but hypocrisy is par for the course in international relations. And besides, American officials are correct to argue that in this case consistency--"Hey, everyone should have as many bombs as we do!"--would not be a virtue...