Don't Confuse Testing With Learning
      Students in New York City schools are taking so many tests that they have no time to learn anything. Requirements under the federal No Child Left Behind Law,
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Giants Will Come Home With Super Bowl Trophy
      The Team of Destiny, the never-say-die New York Giants of 2007, will find a way to beat this season's 18-0 Dream Team- the New England Patriots- when they clash this Sunday in the XL11 Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona. The Giants will emerge the Super Bowl champs and also end the Patriots' unprecedented unbeaten string.
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Enjoy Super Bowl Safely
      To The Editor: As football fans across the country tune in to cheer on their favored team and watch some great commercials during the big game this Sunday,
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LIRR Clears Trees
      A copy of the following letter was received by the Gazette. The Honorable Frank Padavan 89-39 Gettysburg Street Bellerose, NY 11426 Dear Senator Padavan: Thank you for your letter of November 26, 2007 on behalf of your constituent, Ms. Anne McNamee, regarding the LIRR's vegetation management program in the vicinity of the Douglaston station.
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Says 'No' To Con Ed
      A copy of the following letter was received by the Gazette. Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary New York State Public Service Commission Three Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 1222-1350 RE: Case 07-E-0523 Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc.
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Keeping It Real
      To The Editor: Belated Christmas kudos to our elected politicians George Onorato, Serph Maltese, Ivan Lafayette, Peter Vallone Jr. and Carolyn Maloney for wishing us a "Merry Christmas", rather than a "happy holiday". I hope that next year our [other] elected politicians will honor our feast day with a "Merry Christmas".
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Resents Mortgage Bailout
      To The Editor: Asemblywoman Audrey Pheffer, a candidate for Queens Borough president, wants to help homeowners who can't pay their mortgages with mytax payer dollars. I live in a four and a half room apartment and pay my taxes. Thousands of people in Queens live in apartments.
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Stimulus Is Fraud
      To The Editor: The stimulus package is a fraud against the middle class who continues to suffer tax increases through the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The AMT removes deductions, resulting in punitive taxation on those who work the hardest.
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Government By Nanny
      To The Editor: It is an election year and the presidential candidates are promising all things to all people and sound like they are running for "nanny-in-chief". The government produces nothing, so whatever it promises, it must take from someone else. The simplest and clearest illustration of this principle at work is the Social Security system.
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