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Perhaps it was the realization that their Ivy League immortality was on the line? Perhaps it was a core group of seniors desperately wanting to save their final season in crimson? Or maybe it was the sheer embarrassment that they were getting manhandled by—of all teams—Brown...
...other standardized tests. For the smartest of these kids, those who quickly overpower schoolwork that flummoxes peers, skipping a grade isn't about showing off. Rather, according to a new report from the University of Iowa, it can mean the difference between staying in school and dropping out from sheer tedium. "If the work is not challenging for these high-ability kids, they will become invisible," says the lead author of the report, Iowa education professor Nicholas Colangelo. "We will lose them. We already...
...incident points up some of the real problems facing security personnel as they try to enforce the "no-fly" list. One issue is spelling; many foreign names have several different transliterations into English. And the sheer size of the list is daunting; thousands of names have been added in the last couple months, says one government official, bringing the total up to more than 19,000 names to look out for. That makes it difficult for airlines and government agencies to check all passengers. Within the past six months, several people on the no fly list have been mistakenly allowed...
...schools should never have to guess whether there will be an increase in their funding or whether the payout will remain stagnant. This is not to say that the University should spend money with reckless abandon; Harvard’s cautious approach has yielded impressive results in terms of sheer wealth generation. It seems reasonable, though, that with an endowment as massive, successful and well-managed as Harvard’s, the University should be able to offer consistent and measured increases in payouts every year...
...voice and committed opponent of terrorism in Europe." The PP considers Zapatero callow but calculating. "The majority of countries in Europe want a strong E.U. that doesn't compete with the U.S.," says Gustavo de Arístegui, the PP's foreign policy spokesman. "Zapatero forgets that out of sheer opportunism. He's an able politician and he saw the tendency of the man on the street. But a government has to be able to take unpopular opinions; that's why they get a four-year mandate." In fact, Zapatero has shown a commitment to a strong E.U. Last December...