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A Modest Proposal To Save Test Prep - Huffington Post (blog)
Another teacher, who asked to remain anonymous, was even angrier. "Jerry Brown is attacking my livelihood. I use test-prep time to manage my on-line business, selling knitting kits, while my students are practicing filling in the bubbles completely and ...
The GOP Hit On Holder Is a Hit On Obama - Huffington Post (blog)
But with the start of the 2012 presidential election weeks away and with the GOP's manic vow to make Obama a one term president, if the GOP can keep the heat on Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, and an official close to Obama, ...
Confessions Of An Airline Revenue Manager - Huffington Post (blog)
They're a notoriously tight-lipped bunch, but, on condition of anonymity, we got one to explain how the fare game works. Is there a best time of the day or best day of the week to buy airline tickets? No. We constantly read stories from pundits who ...
Many Americans left behind in the quest for cleaner air - Huffington Post (blog)
"You come off the [high priority violator] list when all the actions under the settlement have been completed," said a senior EPA enforcement official, who asked not to be identified because he is not authorized to speak for the agency. ...
Occupying Internet Domains To Protest... and Profit - Huffington Post (blog)
"The revenue is negligible," said Trinet's administrator, who declined to give his name. Without providing details, he told me my back-of-the-envelope calculations were "just about right," and that traffic to the site has been steadily declining. ...
Sending troops home could pave way for more non-competitive defense contracting - Huffington Post (blog)
On Friday, White House officials, speaking on background at a briefing for reporters, projected that 4500 to 5000 of these will be employed in guarding three US diplomatic posts in Irbil, Basra, and Baghdad. Zakheim, commenting generally about the ...
HB 56: Granting Legal Authority Over Children And Property of Others - Huffington Post (blog)
One young man from Mexico City, who asked not to be identified, was trying to procure a letter not just for his two US citizen children, but also for his assets: his house and a small construction business. "It's so my friend can send my children to ...
Congress Should Investigate Conference Realignment Decisions - Huffington Post (blog)
One congressman, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the New York Times: "Congress has the nexus to engage. These are tax-exempt organizations now making billions off of unpaid athletes. When it's a regional league, it seems to make sense. ...
Garbage Into Gold: How Medication Recycling Could Save Lives - Huffington Post (blog)
"They're concerned about degradation of the potency of the medication and the lack of quality control mechanisms," says the administrator of a large government HIV agency who asked not to be identified. Opponents of domestic recycling also note that in ...
White House kept close tabs on Solyndra loan, internal emails show - Huffington Post (blog)
One administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly for the White House, said pressure did not play a part. "I think that it is clear that folks understood at DOE that they were supposed to ...
Anatomy of an Immigration Debate: Watch Your Mouth, Watch Your Step - Huffington Post (blog)
Senior White House officials speaking on background on a Thursday conference call acknowledged that as a result of the program's criticism, improvements are being made, including training local police to not process non-violent immigrants or DREAMers ...
Another Mississippi Murder: What the Killing of James C. Anderson Teaches Us - Huffington Post (blog)
"Rankin County has a history of being racist," says one Jackson area citizen who asked not to be identified. "The city's largely white police force is known among African-Americans in the area for harassing Blacks from Jackson who drive through there ...
Do Critics Actually Read the Quran? - Huffington Post (blog)
A tenured preacher in Richmond, Virginia (who asked to remain anonymous) wrote to me admitting, "I don't know much about the Muslim doctrine, but your holy book certainly does not teach peace or pluralism." For someone who admittedly 'didn't know much' ...
Houdini Mehlman and His Bag of Gay Tricks - Huffington Post (blog)
Sources spoke off the record of Mehlman's romantic pursuits in law school and of his clandestine presence in the gay community. Practically everyone in DC -- probably even the president -- knew where Mehlman stood on the gay continuum. ...
No Longer Number 1! - Huffington Post (blog)
One former GPI judge who refused to be identified, indicated that if New Zealand followed Costa Rica's example, abolished their armed forces and redirected the military budget to overseas development aid, the number one GPI spot would be assured. ...
New York City's Topsy-Turvy Terrorism War [Con't] - Huffington Post (blog)
He didn't have a good track record," the source said. Police have described the undercover as foreign-born, trained outside the Police Academy and seconded to a secret anti-terrorism unit inside the Intelligence Division. That's probably the group ...
Why Libya, But Not Syria? Five Answers - Huffington Post (blog)
And another senior US official--who requested anonymity--told me that in his estimate the chaos and carnage following the demise of the Assad regime would be far worse than what it has been so far in any of the other Arab countries undergoing a ...
Could rupture of aging pipeline ignite nuclear plant's control room? - Huffington Post (blog)
(The source requested anonymity for fear of the effects on his career.) Indian Point, alongside the Hudson River, was chosen as a reactor site in 1955, when commercial nuclear power was in its infancy.. Some risks were weighed when the plant design was ...
SB1070 Goes to US Supreme Court, SB1070 Author to Be Recalled - Huffington Post (blog)
I know I sound bitter, but this house is my life," said a longtime Mesa Republican who asked not to be named. He shook his head, adding, "I don't know the answer. It's not Russell, but I never voted for any Democrat either. Business groups have stayed ...
Immigration Advice for Obama: Take on the GOP, Have the Fight With Lamar Smith - Huffington Post (blog)
But senior administration officials said they did not want to make wider use of those powers for fear of deepening the conflict with Mr. Smith and other Republicans, who might try to limit the authority granted by immigration law and further stiffen ...
Trustee Swings and Misses with Mets Owners - Huffington Post (blog)
Picard also alleges that the Mets owners were given repeated dire warnings about Madoff by a person close to them and therefore were on notice about potential problems concerning Madoff. However, a review of a lengthy deposition shows that these ...
The Bloody Sideshow in Sudan - Huffington Post (blog)
In the words of a humanitarian worker who insisted on anonymity, 'One day they're going to find mass graves all over this place.' Waging Peace's March 2011 summary of violent incidents and attacks runs to thirty-five pages. ...
New Round of Clashes Leaves Iran Reeling - Huffington Post (blog)
According to eyewitnesses who spoke to InsideIRAN on the condition of anonymity, Tehran resembles a "military base." The streets are filled with security forces, anticipating new rounds of protests. Iran's Minister of Intelligence Heydar Moslehi went ...
Steve Jobs Is the Real Dr. Dre - Huffington Post (blog)
"There's a rich history of satire in our community," said a Black Rock City representative who declined to be named because he or she didn't want to be responsible for ruining the fun (updated). "Of course it's not true. ...
Does Morgan Stanley's James "Don't Call Me Jim" Gorman Have What it Takes? - Huffington Post (blog)
... experience," said one prominent analyst who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was afraid of losing access to key executive at the firm. ...