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Advocates of universal health care have made an enormous mistake, one that more than anything else explains why most Americans are balking at adopting the kind of comprehensive health coverage present in every other advanced democracy. It is a ...
2010-03-07 06:12:00
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The state of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in the United States has seen some unflattering appraisals in recent years, and deservedly so. In early February, the House of Representatives heard testimony on undergraduate ...
2010-03-07 06:05:00
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SARASOTA, Fla. -- It is a strangely in-between type of Spring Training for Clay Buchholz. In one sense, the talented righty no longer needs to prove to the Red Sox that he belongs in their rotation. Buchholz knows he does, and they know he does, and ...
2010-03-07 06:05:00
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Predicting a winner from the new ten-film field is impossible: The math is completely different. On the other hand, the new "instant run-off" ranked voting system means the movie most Academy members pick as either their No. 1, 2, or 3 choice will ...
2010-03-07 06:40:00
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For more than 2,500 years, mathematicians have been obsessed with solving for x . The story of their struggle to find the “roots” — the solutions — of increasingly complicated equations is one of the great epics in the history of human ...
2010-03-07 05:50:00
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Tuesday begins the next round of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test for county third- through 11th-graders, in math, reading and science. And these schools are poised to repeat their success. What's their secret? It starts with highly ...
2010-03-07 07:38:00
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Vermont Yankee's fate should be determined by experts -- engineers, scientists, and federal energy regulators skilled at evaluating risks. Politicians, many of whom are not sufficiently conversant with the math and science that is crucial to this ...
2010-03-07 07:38:00
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Throughout Joseph Lee's childhood, his parents believed they were grooming a future doctor. But last year when Lee was a senior and pre-med major at Northwestern University , something was gnawing at him. "I had taken the MCAT (Medical College ...
2010-03-07 06:40:00
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The results of the Town Meeting Day school voting say the solutions to the fiscal challenges facing Vermont's public education system will come only with the consent of local voters no matter how hard Montpelier may push. Even the decision by five ...
2010-03-07 07:38:00
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A KITV 4 News investigation reveals Honolulu City Council Member Rod Tam has spent more than $26,000 in campaign funds on food and drinks over the last three years, during a time when he did not face re-election. Tam is already in ethical trouble for ...
2010-03-07 06:33:00
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PROVIDENCE — When all the teachers were fired from Central Falls High School last week in a sweeping effort at school reform, their superintendent gave them a taste of the accountability President Barack Obama says is necessary. It is a strategy ...
2010-03-05 04:12:00
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Scott Adams is waiting to hear if he is one of the 661 dealers GM will be offering to reinstate. By Catherine Clifford , staff reporter March 5, 2010: 9:21 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Shuttered General Motors dealers hoping to get their business ...
2010-03-05 08:16:00
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... fools decided that stranding tens of thousands of working citizens during rush hour (including this 21-year veteran public school math and science teacher who was working late to mentor a new teacher) would somehow gain support for our public ...
2010-03-06 02:07:00
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Anthony J. Mullen, the national teacher of the year, said school accountability was important, but he suggested that it needed to be the right kind. The decision by school authorities in Central Falls to fire the 93 teachers and staff members has ...
2010-03-06 03:35:00
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One oddity of the report: Mr. Obama weighed 179.9 pounds with his shoes and workout attire on, which is not the usual way to measure a patient’s weight. — The Times, March 1 KATIE COURIC (in studio) : “What’s the president hiding?” This ...
2010-03-06 07:53:00
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