Lanier chairs Texas affirmative action review panel
Former Houston mayor Bob Lanier is chosen to lead a bipartisan panel reviewing state affirmative action policies. The report aims to guide 1999 Legislature on diversity despite court rulings, drawing on Lanier’s businesslike, inclusive approach and early corporate diversity examples like IBM.
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Houston
Bob Lanier
IBM
America
Lanier
Texas
Austin American-Statesman
Youngsters help national parks through AmeriCorps plan
National Park Service faces budget cuts with misaligned priorities. A $333,000 outhouse in Pennsylvania and a $8.3 million allocation to Delaware Water Gap hint at skewed funding. Proposes AmeriCorps youth crews to restore parks, including Yellowstone, delivering cheaper, value-building results for taxpayers.
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National Park Service
Park Service
Congress
Pennsylvania
U.S
Joe McDade
R-Pa
Delaware Water Gap
Yellowstone
Glacier
Grand Teton
America
Senate
Trent Lott
Uncle Sam
Corporation For National Service
AmeriCorps
Clinton
Public Service
Death as viewed by snobs on death penalty debate
Sobran weighs Christopher Hitchens critique of the Missouri execution and the death penalty. He questions whether justice requires killing, condemns cruel rhetoric, and argues the state should not deliberately kill despite sympathy for victims. He notes the surge in executions amid crime fears and ponders deterrence versus morality.
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Christopher Hitchens
Hitchens
Missouri
Vanity Fair
Sobran
Arlington, Va
No Merry Christmas for the Persecuted Christians
The author links Christmas consumption to forced labor in China, citing 40 percent of Henan inmates as underground church members and recounting abuses against Christians in China Vietnam Egypt Pakistan Saudi Arabia Sudan and more. The piece promotes the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act and urges readers to pressure politicians and buy less Chinese goods.
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Henan
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Peter Xu
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Su Zhimin
Vietnam
Ha Seign
Saudi Arabia
Nuremberg
Sudan
Dachau
Khartoum
Egypt
Pakistan
Arroda
Washington
White House
Bill Clinton
Feder
The
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