Word: failed
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Nothing is more painful for a child than losing a parent; but watching one fail is in its own way a kind of death. Both Bush and Gore watched the fathers they revered go down in flames in front of their eyes. The sons tried to save them but couldn't, so they both were left to decide whether to try to avenge them. Gore's father lost in part because his principled stands on Vietnam and civil rights were out of step with those of his constituents; Bush Sr. lost after voters read his lips and still...
...Government didn't spend a dime on K-12 education. Even now, Washington provides only about 7% of public school spending. Yet this year Bush and Gore--while rooted in different philosophies--have come up with thoughtful, detailed plans to tackle our most pressing educational challenges: schools that repeatedly fail, the opportunity for more early-childhood learning, the shortage of qualified teachers, the high cost of college tuition. And voters in 18 states will decide on ballot initiatives that concern such issues as vouchers and bilingual teaching. Gore is right when he says, "Education is on the ballot this November...
...When did we become such a nation of wimps? A too-positive campaign can fail to explain why you should choose one candidate over another. Look at the second "debate," which Bush and Gore spent agreeing with each other and which could only have fed the Ralph Nader/George Wallace belief that there ain't a dime's worth of difference between the two parties. The Bush and Gore attack ads, though, were short, sweet and to the point: Gore is a liar who favors Big Government; Bush is a fool who favors the rich. These may not have been...
...statement signed by 2,500 economists--among them eight Nobel prize laureates--suggests, the economic community at large also believes that climate change will have negative effects on our economy. Although the summary of the IPCC assessment itself acknowledged the need for further research, it did not fail to mention the many negative consequences due to global warming, even if it follows the middle path as predicted in the report...
This year--for the first time--tenth graders statewide will have to pass the MCAS to graduate. If they fail in tenth grade, they can try again in eleventh and twelfth grades...