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...need not be an isolating force; instead, the presence of cable televisions in house common spaces and living rooms brings otherwise isolated students out of their rooms and into contact with each other. And this is no small accomplishment, considering that there are only a few things that routinely pull students from their bedrooms, namely, food, parties and Red Sox playoff games...
...students at that school can enroll elsewhere. Of course, the school’s most disadvantaged students are least likely to deal with the logistical and administrative hassle of moving to another school. They are also least likely to have parents who are engaged enough in their education to pull them out of a familiar environment in search of a better education. So some affluent students leave for the big wealthy school one town over. Because school funding is usually paid out based on enrollment, the failing school loses the resources it would need to clean...
...author makes the subtext of that question clear: in an America of blonde Wongs, will the pull of the "natural" undermine what has been constructed by love? Jen is the least heavy-handed of authors, and she lets her characters, in their carefully crafted voices, find their own way out of the identity puzzle she's placed before them. Jen's fans might miss the controlled, sardonic tone of earlier novels like Typical American, but fragments of it still surface, as when Carnegie meditates on prejudice: "Americans believe all racism is a problem. Or at least a lot of Americans...
...Louis, Mo., and a rally in Allentown, Pa. With a guitar case resting nearby and his daughter Alexandra, 31, popping in at one point, the challenger appeared very focused as he reflected on what lies ahead in the final seven weeks of the campaign--and, if he manages to pull off a come-from-behind victory, the four years after that...
...people this year, it's the best of times--and the worst of times. Hundreds of thousands of starry-eyed young software engineers are eager to work for as little as $4,500 a year. Yet there are not nearly enough experienced managers (who can pull in 10 times as much) to oversee the influx of raw recruits. At the same time, as multinationals like Accenture and IBM poach midlevel executives, some observers are worried that fast-rising wages could erode India's competitiveness--and price the country out of the outsourcing business, which has fueled most of the country...