Obama Must Keep Promise to Schools
Washington Post columnist David Broder argues that amid Gulf oil spill coverage, President Obama must deliver a rescue package for state education budgets to avoid sweeping teacher layoffs. He notes 2009 stimulus saved about 300,000 jobs, but no second-year funds exist, while states push to raise English and math standards to compete globally.
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Obama
Washington
Liberal Democrats
House
Nancy Pelosi
Commission On
America
Afghanistan
Taliban
NATO
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Ballerina Margot Fonteyn’s Panama coup caper revealed
British archives release 66 pages detailing Margot Fonteyn’s bid at Castro’s urging to topple Panama’s government in 1959. The plan involved yacht gunrunning and mercenaries with support from her husband Roberto Arias, Profumo, and others, sparking diplomatic embarrassment and warnings to stay out of politics.
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Margot Fonteyn
Fidel Castro
John Profumo
John Wayne
Errol Flynn
Prince Philip
Great Britain
National Archives
Dame Margot
Castro
Panama
Britain
Arnold Schwarzenegger
George Murphy
Charles Lindbergh
Fonteyn
Roberto Arias
London
E.R. Hoyer Millar
Foreign Office
Margot
Assoluta
Panamanian
Ian Henderson
Profumo
Panama Canal
Rudolf Nureyev
Frank Mankiewicz
Robert F. Kennedy
George S. McGovern
Herman Mankiewicz
Hollywood
Ronald Reagan
Millar
David Shribman
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Public Forum letters debate have and have not concepts
A reader questions the meaning of have versus have not and cites personal examples of health home family and work. The letter also critiques John Bond and George Taylor on immigration frontier history and constitutional duty while praising open public disagreement and referencing several correspondents.
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Crabtree
Jerry Martin
Lawrence
Babcock
Bond
U.S
Maine
Virginia
England
George Washington
Barbara Cook
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Boston
Tipper
Ballerina
John Bond
United States
Mexico
Zachary Taylor
Buena Vista
Santa Ana
Taylor
Kentucky
Frederick Jackson Turner
University of Wisconsin
Washington State
Jamestown
George Taylor
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