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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
D AILY A STORIAN Europeans return to anti-Semitism
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stems from a mistake that is as
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anticipate no reward in
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differently from jihadists
ti-Semitism is a sideshow.
with their cult of death.
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bomber.
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dent Ali Akbar Hashemi
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returned to Europe.
but in the Muslim Middle
East, today the heart of global an- cation of an atomic bomb would not
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in Toulouse. As little as did the terror Nasrallah welcomes Jewish emigra- nukes would set off a nuclear arms
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in Europe until the shame of the
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moderate
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temporary anomaly
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the past with
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salute. In Berlin, Gaza brought out a of a different order. Direct, immedi- chwitz, mourning dead Jews is easy.
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mob chanting, “Jew, Jew, cowardly ate and mortal.
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which Europe is congenitally unable deterrence failure and all-out nuclear million Jews. It would take a nuclear
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By CHARLES
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Attention, funding
will aid grad rates
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other grownups suffer from
a peculiar lack of mathematical
understanding, but at the same
time expect our high school
students to do much better than us.
How else to explain the
embarrassing mismatch between
our aspirations for a 100 percent
graduation rate and an actual 2014
on-time rate of 72 percent? A
gain from 68.7 percent in 2013 is
explained by a change in who is
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place by Idaho, which was unable to
accurately report its graduation rate.
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rate for students in Astoria School
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Jewell School District’s class of
2014 of 11 students graduated 100
percent on time.
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students to graduate, either on
time or shortly afterward? Small
districts like Jewell show that it
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a thorough statewide dialog on
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them to.
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to life success for students whose
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the book.
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audience remained seated while the
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comment summed up our experience. It
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ful manner. The respect that was shown
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Astoria.
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ee below a recent Facebook post I Drawing class, because it occurs at the
made about my oldest daughter. same time that she takes Honors Geom-
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to employees of the Astoria School with a feather. No disrespect intended,
District who did not just see beyond Jess, because you’re amazing. It’s just
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sweetheart.”
their child.
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