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...Instead, the first space stations, both U.S. and Russian, were simply modified third stages of existing rockets. Then came the Mir in 1986, with multiple modules. It was habitable but lacked the power for much in the way of experimentation. Ultimately it would be of greater interest to film directors, game-show producers and wealthy would-be space tourists than to scientists. It is currently abandoned...
School officials in Cambridge estimate that more than one-third of high school students will be unable to pass the MCAS test--and thus be unable to graduate. Last year, for example, 39 percent of tenth graders failed the math test...
...from any other tax--and in evaluating its merits, we should ask the same questions that we ask of all other taxes. First, does the tax raise the amount of money that the government needs? Second, does the tax minimize the financial loss and behavior distortion of individuals? And third, is the tax burden fairly distributed? The answer to the first question is an unqualified yes. As it is currently implemented, the estate tax earned $24.6 billion in fiscal year 2000--no trivial sum. Regarding the second question, for those Americans who pay the estate tax, the tax burden...
...third option, proposed by Education Commissioner David P. Driscoll, would give local graduation certificates to students who complete all high school requirements but do not pass the MCAS test. Like the certificates for vocational or special education students, these would not be equivalent to a high school diploma, according to Driscoll. Yet they would mean something, which is a significant and important departure from previous scenarios where students who fulfilled all the graduation requirements--but could not pass MCAS--would come away empty-handed...
Holy Cross's ineffectiveness was especially evident in the third game. After working the opening minutes to a promising 2-2 tie, the Crusaders promptly lost their momentum as Harvard rumbled to a 14-2 lead. Several plays later, the Crimson won the match on a block by Meunier...