Word: summering
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...under a contract with the commonwealth. Her analysis showed that by training Pine Street's men and women to sort the clothing by size and type, the donations could be more efficiently distributed and provide high-quality merchandise for the agency's two thrift shops. Since the summer of 1998, some 50 people have completed a six-month training program at Pine Street's sprawling warehouse in Boston's Jamaica Plain, handling about 5,000 lbs. of clothing a day. For the first time, the operation is becoming self-sustaining, and, says Schorr, "we are now funding a training program...
...that holding back students because they failed a single test wasn't fair. "You've got the conservative part of this down," he gibed. "Let me give you the compassionate part." Bush laughed. "Where you want to go with it?" Sadler outlined a plan for remediation, second chances, summer school and a grade-placement committee to catch mistakes. Bush was worried about diluting standards. "It was a very detailed discussion," says Sadler. "We talked about philosophy, and we talked about bricks and mortar. It was not just a vision thing--he knows his stuff...
...Marquez, a former executive at Monsanto--quashed that idea. In early 1997, Bush's team held a series of private meetings with oil-, gas- and chemical-industry leaders and invited them to draft a plan for a voluntary emission-reduction program. The secret meetings came to light last summer, when an Austin activist named Peter Altman filed an open-records request. Despite cries from environmentalists, the plan passed the legislature, in only slightly tougher form, last year. Bush says he is proud he got the grandfathered plants to the table, and to his credit, no Governor before...
...hard-line mullahs, to manipulate the outcome ahead of time by keeping reform-minded candidates off the ballot. But the secretive council surprised everyone and waved most reform hopefuls onto the ballot. Why? Some believe Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, Khomeini's successor as Supreme Leader, feared a repeat of last summer's days of rage, when young Iranians throughout the country rioted after a pro-reform newspaper was shut down...
...LIGHT GAMES Olympic athletes aren't the only ones gearing up for the two-week competition in Sydney this summer. The city's 400 legal brothels, anticipating 400,000 overseas tourists, are already jockeying for customers. Tokyo House is spending $15,000 a week to advertise its "Olympics Package," which offers sushi eaten from naked female bodies. Not to be outdone, the nearby Tiffany's is touting its $50,000-a-day regimen, which includes drinks, food and careful consideration of "special needs." The New South Wales government recently released a health and safety video for sex workers on topics...