Homework Debate Reaches Piscataway Overload Policy
Readers weigh in on a board of education decision to lighten homework loads, with teachers noting time loss and increased material coverage, while others defend homework as real world preparation and a tool for discipline and achievement. Jacquelyn Mitchard invites more letters.
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Board of Education
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Jane
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Fred
Mary Ann
Texas
Larry
Bush
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Breast feeding linked to lower blood pressure
London researchers report that pre term babies fed formula show higher blood pressure later than those given breast milk. In a Lancet study with 216 pre term infants, diets included donated breast milk, pre term formula, and regular formula begun within 48 hours of birth.
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Lancet Medical Journal
Institute of Child Health
Alan Lucas
The
Commitment to the future The Gazette promotes soybean ink
The Gazette promotes agriculture by printing with soybean ink and recycling. It lists postal and delivery rates, office address in Cedar Rapids, and subscription options including carrier, motor route, and mail prices. It notes recycling drop sites and assigns contact numbers for service.
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the Gazette
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa City Gazette
Gazette Communications Inc
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Gazette Communications, Inc
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Lawmakers say bias not factor in network mistakes on election night
Rep. Bill Tauzin says political bias did not drive the Florida and Gore Texas calls on election night as hearings probe flawed projections. Networks cite bad VNS data and outdated methods. ABC and Fox report no intentional bias, but acknowledge serious statistical errors and undercounted Republican absentee votes.
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Los Angeles Times
NEW York
Bill Tauzin
Tauzin
R-La
Washington
Florida
al Gore
Texas
George W. Bush
Ken Johnson
ABC
Fox
Clinton Returns Raise Government Property Question
About 28 thousand dollars worth of household items removed from the White House by former President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton and later returned were deemed government property, not personal gifts. Park Service officials noted the items matched gift files and were U.S. property stored in a Maryland warehouse.
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Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
White House
Park Service
U.S
Maryland
Chappaqua
N.Y
Clintons
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