News Item: Billionaires Start $60 Million Schools Effort
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Published, NYTimes: April 25, 2007
Eli Broad and Bill Gates, two of the most important philanthropists in American public education, have pumped more than $2 billion into improving schools. But now, dissatisfied with the pace of change, they are joining forces for a $60 million foray into politics in an effort to vault education high onto the agenda of the 2008 presidential race.
“If we really want to get the job done, we have got to wake up the American people that we have got a real problem and we need real reform.” said Mr. Broad, the billionaire who founded SunAmerica Inc. and KB Home and who has long been a prodigious donor to Democrats.
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Ummmm, Dude. I dunno....
http://www.answers.com/topic/have-got
Yeah, perhaps, but it's still inefficient and unnecessary to use the gots; makes the whole thing more awkward.
...maybe they could get some of those 1.7 billion/year hedge fund guys to help 'em out, ya think?
...in fact, the more I read that sentence, the less it holds up. What the hell is 'real' reform? I guess it's full of tasty calories, not like that sugar&fat-free reform they keep trying to pass off on us. And isn't he missing a [to the fact that] or something in there after the waking up part? Yeah, I'm going to stop looking at that sentence now, before bad things start happening to my brain. ;-)
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