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...older, traditional conservatives repelled by Sarkozy's private life: his unabashed relish for wealth and famous friends; his public anguish over and finally divorce from his wife Cécilia; and his courtship of and, less than four months later, marriage to former top model Carla Bruni. But the latest polls show the leading cause of voter complaint to be Sarkozy's failure to deliver on the reforms he hyped to the heavens during his first six months in office...
...teenager, I was deeply moved by 12-year-old Lida Ahmadyar's resolve to be a doctor. I am distressed that children in the developed world seem to take school for granted and those being led astray show little interest in studying. While we spend our time sporting our latest gadgets, perhaps we should think about children like Lida in other regions of the world. Jackie Lai Yan-ki, SAI KUNG, HONG KONG
...Carolina's TAP schools draw on a variety of federal, state and foundation funds to pay for stipends of $10,000 for master teachers and $5,000 for mentors and bonuses that range from $350 to $9,500. Culbertson is always looking for ways to attract more talent. His latest project: refurbishing an old Marlboro County mansion as an almost rent-free home for top teachers. "I treat the job more like a crusade," says the 28-year-old former social-studies teacher. "My goal is systematic change across the state...
...online, and cooperating with Google in the attempt to make books in the public domain actually available to the public, a worldwide public, which extends everywhere that people have access to the Internet. If the FAS votes in favor of the motion on February 12, Harvard will make the latest work of its scholars accessible, just as it is creating accessibility to the store of knowledge that it has accumulated in its libraries since 1638. The motion also represents an opportunity to reshape the landscape of learning. A shift in the system for communicating knowledge has created a contradiction...
...strolling the building's spectacular battlements in his pajamas. Later that night, over dinner of curried chicken and beer in the dining room, he spoke lyrically of his desire to see East Timor succeed as a nation. With his death, as rumor and propaganda blur the details of the latest slaughter in Dili, that success seems a little further away...