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    • 05.20

      Millions look skyward as rare eclipse crosses Asia - Fort Worth Star Telegram

      Doctors and education officials warned of eye injuries from improper viewing. Education Minister Hirofumi Hirano demonstrated the use of eclipse glasses in a televised news conference. Police also cautioned against traffic accidents caused by ...

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    • 05.20

      Friedman: Protecting our golden goose - Houston Chronicle

      What we must preserve is that magic combination of cutting-edge higher education, government-funded research and immigration of high-IQ risk-takers. They are, in combination, America's golden goose, laying all these eggs in Seattle and Silicon Valley.

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    • 05.20

      Europe faces difficult search for growth - Houston Chronicle

      While they "commit to fiscal responsibility," the leaders also supported spending on education and public works. They also said heavily indebted countries should have the chance to fix their budgets in ways that take into account how well their ...

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    • 05.20

      Texas primary campaigns turn nasty in run-up - Austin American-Statesman

      On one side are veteran politicians who took the party from the fringes of Texas politics in the 1970s to controlling every statewide office, the Legislature and the State Board of Education today. By national standards, Texas is a very conservative, ...

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    • 05.20

      Ohio to track classroom money, student performance - Austin American-Statesman

      In the past decade, some states adopted the so-called "65 percent solution," requiring that at least 65 percent of public education dollars be spent on classroom instruction. Ohio's 2006 Republican nominee for governor, Ken Blackwell, ...

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    • 05.20

      Dominicans weigh comeback for brash ex-president - Houston Chronicle

      Both presidential candidates proposed to increase spending on education and to do what they can to create jobs in a country of 10 million people that is largely dependent on tourism and where unemployment is officially about 14 percent, though the vast ...

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    • 05.20

      Review: Taco USA - Houston Chronicle (blog)

      Immigration reform, multicultural education and the potential for assimilation will certainly remain hot-button topics for the foreseeable future; what is equally certain is that we are likely to debate these topics over enchilada dinners.

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    • 05.20

      Commentary: $40 billion in foreign aid may be wasted each year - Fort Worth Star Telegram

      Conflict spreads in places like Sudan and Congo where foreign aid has been unable to bring enough education, jobs, opportunities, food or medicine to make people feel they have a way of life worth defending. In recent talks at the World Bank in April, ...

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    • 05.19

      Retiring billionaire will work on putting money to best use - Houston Chronicle

      Whatever their area of interest - be it criminal justice reform, fundamental restructuring of education for disadvantaged children or an overhaul of public employee pension programs so that they can continue to meet the needs of those yet to retire ...

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    • 05.19

      Friedrich has poor debut at Coors in loss to M's - Houston Chronicle

      Photo: David Zalubowski / AP DENVER (AP) — Colorado manager Jim Tracy said it would be "an education day" for Christian Friedrich in his Coors Field debut. It turned out to be a tough lesson. Friedrich struggled with his control on a damp afternoon ...

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