Recycled buzzwords drive teachers unions conv entions
The San Francisco Examiner notes the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers held conventions on the same weekend. Both rally around innovation, recalling past reform waves, while critics urge reliance on proven good teachers rather than laboratory schools or technology gimmicks.
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Mike Dukskis
Smiling Jack
National Education Association
New Orleans
Mary H. Futrell
America
Albert Shanker Matenca
American Federation of Teachers
San Francisco
Shanker
Cambodia
Growth of Congress Outpaces Cost of Living, Study Finds
A fresh collection of statistics highlights rapid expansion of Congress from 1957 to 1988. Spending rose from 54 million to 1.9 billion annually, staff grew from 3,500 to 11,200, and with support agencies total employment nears 34,700. Three new office towers, Dirksen Rayburn and Hart, cost 18.5, 135, and 137 million respectively.
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Congress
Congressional
Dirksen
Senate
Rayburn
House
Hart
Congress Perks Shape Capitol Secrets and Taxpayer Rhetoric
A critical look at Congress reveals growth in spending and self-preserving perks, notably Senate hideaways. Seniority grants select lawmakers private suites in the Capitol, shielded from public view, while funding and maintenance rise without correspondent legislative gains. The West Front repairs proceeded without new hideaways, underscoring competing power interests.
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Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Manly
Capitol
Accordion turning cool fuels a girl’s reminiscence
A writer recalls her sixth grade switch from piano to a 17 pound rhinestone adorned accordion after a talent show humiliation. She laments the instrument’s late rise in pop culture, wonders how earlier editors would have judged her squeeze box career, and links the mood to the music world of the 1980s.
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Albert Brooks
Lisa Bonet
Hell
The
New Yorker
Rolling Stone
Zane Smith
Goodwyn Junior High
Tom Dooley
Ludwig
Shirley Etheridge
Willie Nelson
Dolly
Porter Wagoner
Webb Pierce
J. Zane Smith
Robert E Lee
Auburn
Prince Charles
Sete
Vitamin supplements vital for health says de Toledano
Ralph de Toledano argues the FDA blocks vitamin use and that nutrition, not pills, keeps Americans healthy. He cites beta carotene and folic acid as crucial, notes medical caution on high doses, and praises biotech firms advancing natural vitamin products amid physician reluctance.
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Food and Drug Administration
Life
FDA
Canada
United States
Pharmacaps Inc
South Australia
National Cancer Institute
The
New England Journal of Medicine
Johns Hopkins
Coca Cola Scandal Hints at Price Fixing Probe
Robert Walters reports on Coca Cola and other soft drink bottlers facing federal scrutiny as the Justice Department presents evidence to grand juries probing possible price fixing. Atlanta based CoraCala Co. lony is described as a model firm amid the controversy.
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Universal
Coca-Cola
CoraCala Co. Lony
Disturbing signs Coca Cola faces bribery and price fixing probes
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution report a federal grand jury is examining whether Coca Cola paid bribes to sell its soft drinks in the Soviet Union. Subpoenas demand documents on a 1986 marketing agreement, while DOJ probes across multiple cities seek evidence of price fixing and illegal market manipulation involving Coke, Pepsi and others.
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Soviet Union
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Pepsi
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Akron
Ohio
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Dr Pepper
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