... Communications Commission (FCC) allocated a portion of the S-band spectrum for nationwide broadcasting of a satellite based Digital Audio Radio Service (DARS). In 1997, two companies, XM Satellite Radio Holding Inc. (XM) and Sirius Radio Inc (Sirius) purchased exclusive rights to broadcast over this band for over $80 million each. Since the FCC had licensed no other spectrum for satellite radio purposes, XM and ... Sirius face no near-term threat of additional competition. XM and Sirius are also cushioned by the four-year gap it will take new entrants to assemble the infrastructure if ....

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... themselves and their pupils, since their agendas would share the same interests. In theory, if everyone is taught the materials in basically the same way, it will slowly separate the gap in successful and unsuccessful education. From this, the test supporters feel that educational standards will rise with new challenges, the tests acting as a, "springboard for discussion for students, ... disabled, poor and minorities, these tests are not an effective measurement of the students" skills (High Stakes Testing). Standardized tests will most definitely increase the drop out rate, furthering ...

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