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...Smith continued to hear from his constituents that they wanted a return to the way the county's schools were in the early '70s. Says Smith: "[Voters would] ask me, 'How come my kids can't go to the school that I can throw a stone at out my bedroom window? How come they're being sent away, riding down 95 because of their skin color?'" In 2000, after an emotional debate played out in the Op-Ed pages of the local paper and in public hearings, Smith pushed the Neighborhood Schools Act through the legislature. The law requires children...
...generations of rebel musicians have learned, becoming the voice of stoned, lazy, disengaged youth requires a lot of hard work. Take Mike Skinner, the latest Voice of a Generation, British division. Known as The Streets when he's making music, Skinner, 24, is remarkably industrious. He started work on his second album as soon as he finished the first: Original Pirate Material, an effortless mix of U.K. garage, hip-hop and dance beats that burst Skinner out of his bedroom two years ago, sold more than a million copies worldwide, made the U.S. Top 30 and moved Rolling Stone...
...Students here have a short-term memory. Since this is happening right before the summer, it doesn’t have to be etched in stone during whoever’s term next year,” said Raynor...
According to Plan Of Attack, Bob Woodward's new book about the events leading to the war in Iraq, George W. Bush was struck by the stone-faced response to his eloquent address to the U.N. General Assembly in September 2002. "The more solemn they looked to me," he tells Woodward, speaking of the U.N. delegates, "the more emotional I was in making the case. Not openly emotional, the more firm I was in making the case. It was a speech I really enjoyed giving." A few weeks later, he tells some members of Congress about the moment: here were...
...with European-style markets on the perimeter showcasing, for example, artisanal cheeses in one room and baby food and supplies in another. And sticking with the old retail-is-detail adage, Marsh pipes mellow guitar instrumentals not only into the stores but also into the parking lots and faux-stone bathrooms...