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Still, the Nieman appointment causes us to wonder where Harvard places its priorities. No formal search committee was convened to evaluate the candidates. Protests over Giles' candidacy delayed the formal announcement by three weeks, but seemed to prompt little more than one extra meeting session after the decision was virtually made. And we are troubled that Harvard has made the decision to cuddle up to the Gannett media empire...
...fall of 1998, a year and a half before the company started replacing them on some 30,000 vehicles in the region. It blamed Firestone's misleading diagnosis of the problem for the delay in finding the defect. Firestone says it simply mislabeled some tires as having an extra, protective nylon strip (see box) but built them according to Ford's specifications. On Thursday the Venezuelan consumer-protection agency recommended bringing criminal charges against both companies for a cover-up that the agency says has led to 46 deaths. It also asked Firestone to recall all its Wilderness tires...
More worrisome to educators are the many students who fail the current exam. Despite a B average, it took Amber Montgomery 13 tries--and four extra years of tutoring--before she finally passed the math portion of the achievement test and graduated at age 22 from Burleson High School, near Fort Worth. Says Montgomery: "I was determined to get my diploma...
WHAT COLLAPSE? The Russian economy might not seem the safest bet--and it isn't. But for those with strong stomachs and extra cash, emerging-market debt funds brought a return on their rubles. Despite the '94 Mexican crisis, '97 Asian collapse, '98 Russian default and '99 Brazilian crash, these funds have returned more than 9.5% annually since 1994. Not great, but as emerging economies stabilize, their prospects for better-than-average returns improve...
...past few years, we have seen the enormous benefits that flow to disadvantaged students because of the information provided by state tests. Those who fall behind are now getting extra instruction in after-school classes and summer programs. In their efforts to improve student performance, states are increasing teachers' salaries, testing new teachers and insisting on better teacher education...