America Still Promised Land in Imitation
Our View notes that immigration to the United States surged in the 1980s with over 8 million legal entrants from 1981 to 1989, including about one million in 1989 and 479,000 new permanent residents under the 1986 law. About 70 percent of legalized immigrants were from Mexico, with further residency expected in 1990 under amnesty provisions. The piece portrays immigrants as seeking economic opportunity and civil liberties, viewing America as the promised land.
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United States
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mexico
Michael D. Hoefer
America
Desperate overtures to Iran pry at Iraq’s survival
The piece argues Saddam Hussein is near desperation in seeking peace with Iran to survive the blockade. It cautions Tehran to accept a peace, impose the UN oil boycott on Iraq, and suggests Iran could profit by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait by forcing concessions over Shatt al Arab, oil sales, and rejoining global order. Saddam is labeled a wily tactician with faulty strategy.
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Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Iran
Tehran
Baghdad
United Nations
Kuwait
Shatt-al-Arab Waterway
Letters to the Editor from Aiken and Salley reshaped by local sports and politics
Aiken residents praise a recent boxing show as family entertainment and express hope for a future event. A Salley reader laments electoral changes, praising Mayor E W Clamp and Councilman Sharp, and congratulates new leaders Lester Stillinger and Beauford Hartley while reflecting on community values and family.
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Salley
E.W. Clamp
Plina . Sharp
Write a Letter to the Editor For Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address for publication. Submissions should be legible and preferably typewritten, brief and to the point. All letters may be edited or condensed. Send to The Editor Box 456 Aiken South Carolina.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
Which Way Now For U S In Mideast
A Wall Street Journal analysis questions if President Bush can avoid a war as he pressures Saddam Hussein over Kuwait. It contrasts Bush rhetoric with global support, warns of fighting without allies, and ponders outcomes including a possible Arab civil conflict and long U.S. entrenchment in the Gulf.
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U.S
George Bush
America
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Bush
Saddam Hussein
Gulf
Kuwait
Saddam
United States
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Third Reich
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Austria
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Belgium
Holland
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Mr. Bush
Bur
Lebanon
Ow Long
Arabian Peninsula
Karen Eliott House
The
Wall Street Journal
Middle East
Europe
Britain
Suez
Finding Roses Among The Weeds
An elementary teacher recalls a tough year with an unruly class and how patient guidance transformed weary students into blossoms. Through a gardener metaphor she learns to provide a positive, safe space where each child can grow, blossom, and reach potential. Editor notes: author teaches second grade at Aiken Elementary School.
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Teac
Aiken Elementary School
Privatize American public schools as a solution
A Hudson Institute fellow argues public schools should be privatized replacing collective governance. He cites private schools as successful, proposes tax funded tuition credits and higher scholarships for difficult students, and cites JoAnne Jacobs on school organization as key to high achievement. He contrasts private sector order with bureaucratic public schools.
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Lewis J. Pere‘am
Hudson Institute
United States
Joanne Jacobs
Knight-Ridder
Terry Moe
Stanford University
John Chubb
Brookings Institution
Moe
Chubb
John Graham Altman
John
Reuben Greenburg
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