Then, the Obama Administration decided to scrap those years of work and plow under those mountains of money for a bright new idea: develop a single national system, run out of Washington.

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Researchers have uncovered the reason for this difference in how difficulty is interpreted, and it is simply this: More often than not, Bright Girls believe that their abilities are innate and unchangeable, while bright boys believe that they can develop ability through effort and practice.

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"One nice thing about light is that creatures develop eyes, and it would be possible to make optical radiation bright enough to see, " says Paul Horowitz, a professor of physics at Harvard University.

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Then, as wars develop and when wars end, it's often said that what happens shows how bright ideals get tarnished as the fight against injustice breeds its own new problems.

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President Obama is committed to working with tribes to identify and develop initiatives, like the STEP program, that will spur greater economic growth on reservations and work towards a bright future for all Native American communities.

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