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In a message dated 1/7/02 6:15:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, kceh@AIRMAIL.NET writes: > They > are no more violent and radical than a fund-raising car wash in the > Kentucky Fried Chicken parking lot. > I love this line!! We were very friendly in San Antonio. Margaret's husband ran for coffee while we cheerfully greeted the folks coming to the conference to see Mr. Paige, and waved at the people in their cars who were mouthing our Flag the Tests Pledge. "I pledge allegiance to the tests and to the standards for which they stand. One nation under the fortune 500....." They would sit at the stop light and read the whole thing aloud. A genuine salute to educational activism. Juanita
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