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Comparing the performance of students who use vouchers with that of students in the same school district who don't use them is meaningless. A better test would be to weigh the performance of voucher students against that of comparable students in a district where vouchers are not available. TOM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 6, 2000 | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

These intimate hostelries owe their appeal not just to economy but to personal touches and old-fashioned charm: fireplaces and pieced quilts, lace curtains and canopied beds, fresh flowers and fresh-baked croissants, and the willingness of most hosts to book theater tickets and advise on restaurants and bus routes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Cozy Homes Away from Home | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

Died. Mrs. Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, 87, widow of the West Coast sugar heir, and art patroness, who gave San Francisco one of its finest museums; of pneumonia; in San Francisco. Inspired by Paris' Palace of the Legion of Honor, Mrs. Spreckels built her own $4,000,000 Legion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Aug. 16, 1968 | 8/16/1968 | See Source »

Married. Lord Charles George William Colin Spencer-Churchill, 25, London insurance broker, tall (6 ft. 6 in.) handsome second son of Sir Winston's cousin the tenth Duke of Marlborough; and Texas Debutante Gillian Spreckels Fuller, 18, daughter of Fort Worth Oilman Andrew Fuller, and great-granddaughter of California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 30, 1965 | 7/30/1965 | See Source »

As he made his picture debut, two-week-old John Clark Gable was billed by his mama as "a carbon copy" of his late cinema-king father. Purred a radiant Kay Williams Spreckels Gable: "When. I compare Clark's baby pictures with those of John, they are practically identical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 14, 1961 | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

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