Editorial on Kursk tragedy underscores Soviet secrecy
The piece condemns Russia’s secrecy and delayed rescue in the Kursk submarine disaster. It notes no survivors despite Norwegian divers gaining access, highlights nuclear waste risk from the two reactors, and argues Putin’s stance erodes credibility while delaying effective aid.
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Kursk
Northern Fleet Command
Barents Sea
Russia
Soviet Union
U.S. Navy
Massachusetts Bay
Vladimir Putin
Moscow
Putin
North Korea’s Kim Jong Il under scrutiny after thaw with South Korea
The Swiss paper Le Matin weighs whether North Korea deserves removal from the U S terror list two months after Kim Dae Jung’s breakthrough. It cites past attacks in Burma, a planted bomb on a Korean airliner, counterfeit money, and drug trafficking as reasons for continued caution.
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N Nou
United States
Kim Jong Il
Kim Dae-jung
North Korea
Washington
CIA
Kim Jong I
Burma
Yangon
English Immersion Boosts Immigrant Student Scores in California
Immigrant students in Oceanside, Santa Barbara and other districts show marked score gains after English immersion programs were adopted following California's 1996 bilingual education ban. Second graders rise from the 12th to 32nd percentile in reading, with math up from the 18th to 47th percentile districtwide over two years.
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Stanford
Harvard
California
University of Southern California
Stephen Krashen
Christian Dominguez
Oceanside
Cal
California Association of Bilingual Educators
Ceres Unified
San Jose
Santa Ana
Calif
Rosemarie Avila
Kenji Hakuta
Santa Barbara
Ceres
Arizona
Colorado
Space Cowboys and The Crew update aging on screen
A critique of recent films about aging men and the portrayal of older women in Hollywood. The piece notes James Garner and Donald Sutherland as aging codgers in Space Cowboys and The Crew, and discusses aging stereotypes across cinema and TV with quotes from scholars and commentators.
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Richard Dreyfuss
Burger King
Jack Nicholson
Helen Hunt
Michael Douglas
Gwyneth Paltrow
Warren Beatty
James Garner
Donald Sutherland
Dreyfuss
Hollywood
Elizabeth Markson
Gerontology Center
Boston University
Markson
Bountiful
Avalon
Vegas
India
Jake Harwood
University of Kansas Communications
Shannon Flynn
Manhattan
Judges Should Not Face Personal Performance Scorecard
Letter writers defend existing South Carolina methods for selecting and disciplining judges, arguing a personal scorecard by the state attorney general and Rep. Limehouse would present conflicts of interest. They cite the Judicial Merit Selection Commission and the Supreme Court’s conduct commission, plus bar polls, as thorough reviews guiding judicial quality.
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Charlie Condon
Chip Limehouse
South Carolina
Judicial Merit Selection Commission
Supreme Court
Commission On
Condon
Limehouse
Citizens Review Committee
South Carolina Bar
Commission
Myrtle Beach Sun News
Jim Miles
Encyclopedia of
Know Nothing Party
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