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...knew a farmer in Kenya once, who lived with his wife and daughter on a spread as remote as he could find, in Laikipia, up above Nanyuki, among elephants and giraffes and baboons and lions. He'd been a coal miner in England, and looked a little like a tougher, non-literary D. H. Lawrence - dark-browed, long-faced. He came to Africa, he told me vehemently, "because I hate the sight of a paved road! I can't stand it!" His black eyes flashed violently...
...portions of the test. So the school hired a consultant. The principal also had a revolutionary idea: Drop homeroom and one daily elective, then double the time students spend on math lessons to 90 minutes a day. Three times a year students take - and chart their progress on - exams tougher than the TAAS. And to reduce stress during the real exam week, the school serves granola bars and invites children to come to class in their pajamas. The recipe has paid off: Leander's test scores, including those of its black and Hispanic students, have climbed steadily. And Leander students...
EDUCATION Teachers' unions love Gore's plan: $115 billion over 10 years for teacher training, universal preschool and smaller classes. He backs tougher standards but is fuzzy on what happens to failing schools. He calls vouchers a "big and historic mistake...
Such competition may be one reason for the p.r. skirmish, but another factor is the rising cost of gasoline. "All of a sudden people are saying, 'Oh, my gosh, what a horrible price to fill up my tank!'" says Senator Richard Bryan, a Nevada Democrat who is pushing for tougher gas-mileage rules. "Fuel economy has crept back onto the radar screen...
...vote carries enormous weight, the trick will be to position herself as closely as possible to that wave of approval, and hope that through some blessing of association, or political osmosis, she'll be able to make Gore's decision reflect happily on her own campaign. It will be tougher than it sounds: Clinton is no great favorite among many New York Jews; some view her support for a Palestinian state as a serious threat to Israeli security, and others were horrified by her apparently chummy relationship with Mrs. Arafat, as evidenced by the exchange of a warm buss during...