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...Young people's casual attitudes towards voting are a reasoned response--not the outgrowth of an irresponsible, apathetic bunch of channel surfers. But I do not argue that youth should not vote. Rather, I note that our old wives' tales are narrow in scope. Instead of inefficiently pushing young people to vote by telling us that we will change the outcome of an election (an obvious stretch), we should be told that by voting youth can change the political climate in which elections are conducted...
...selection committees (especially the ones in Texas, California and Florida). The stakes are huge: the $3.5 billion in annual textbook sales is greater than the sales of all hardcover books to adults. Textbooks are superficial in part because they must conform to state standards, which are often encyclopedic in scope. But "the weakest link in the chain," according to education researcher Harriet Tyson, is "textbook evaluation." Most committee members have little time to examine texts thoroughly, frequently making decisions based on splashy graphics and frills like CD-ROMs...
...author rejects the notion that the book is partially autobiographical, a suggestion fostered by his painstaking research and meticulous detail. But he does admit to an idyllic childhood in the south on his father's tea estate which gave him a love of his native soil. Even though the scope of Davidar's saga compares to Seth's novel, its capable prose lacks the magical turns of phrase found in A Suitable Boy. Davidar's is a deliberate, enduring tale and one that proves years of plowing through a slush pile?learning how not to write?can produce a master...
...President George W. Bush officially put his $1.6 trillion tax cut package in the eager hands of House Republicans on Thursday, and thus opened what he hopes will be a very short negotiation over its size and scope. "I urge the Congress to pass my tax relief plan with the swiftness these uncertain times demand," Bush said in his first Rose Garden ceremony, after making extra clear Wednesday that he wasn't taking helpful suggestions...
According to the award website, Professor Holdren received the Heinz Award "for his prodigious contributions to such complex issues as arms control, sustainable development and global energy resources...Dr. Holdren's contributions to public policy are noteworthy, not simply because of their quality and scope, but also because they span a number of disciplines...