Reagan Religion Push Threatens Public Education
A critique of William Bennett leading the Department of Education as it shifts toward evangelical aims. It argues the White House backs religious influence in classrooms, seeks to overturn a Supreme Court ruling on parochial school teaching, and warns that taxpayer funding should not support religious groups or parochial education.
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Wuhan
Improper Timing on Civil Rights Policy Rewrite
The Reagan administration plans to rewrite a long-established civil rights policy requiring federal contractors to set hiring quotas for minorities and women. Originating under Roosevelt and strengthened by Kennedy and Johnson, the policy faces questions of effectiveness and cost, with fears of reverse discrimination. The timing may irritate civil rights groups and collide with budget and tax reform agendas.
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Roosevelt
Kennedy
Johnson
TV Tonight Schedule Highlights and Movie Lineup
A cluttered evening slate lists 7:00 to 12:00 with HBO CBN ESPN and NBC items. Features include Fame A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and Private School among others with sports coverage NFL preseason Formula One and hydroplane racing.
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the Monroes
Espn
NFL
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San Francisco
Can
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Evansville
Newhart George
Carol Burnett and Friends
Cagney & Lacey
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King Knee
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The
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Trapper John
M.D
America
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Wendy and Me
David Letterman
Pal Joay
Frank Sinatra
Rita Hayworth
Kim Novak
Nightly Business Report
Cheektowaga
Democrats Hesitate on Expanding Voter Roll as 1984 Drift
David Broder reviews Piven and Cloward's Human SERVE effort to register voters via welfare agencies. They report weak Democratic and local support, stronger Republican counter-mobilization, and a cautious party stance toward expanding the bottom of the electorate, labeling it politically risky.
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David 8. Broder Washington
Frances Fox Piven
Richard A. Cleward
Piven
Cloward
Human Service Employees Registration and
Human Serve
Reagan
Democratic Party
American Political Science Assn
Cloward and
Federal Office of Personnel Management
Department of Labor
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Ohio
New York
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New Mexico
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Minnesota
New Jersey
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America
Jesse Jackson
David
On The Road In China By John McCormally
Roving editor John McCormally describes a journey down the Lijiang river near Guilin with vivid images of Karst mountains and river life. He questions China’s population policy and youth culture, noting no open prostitution, rare teenage pregnancy, and a society shaped by Confucian family ties and the one child policy.
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Shanghai
Moscow
Red Square
Can trauma trigger multiple sclerosis in adults
Dear reader notes there is no proven blood test for MS and diagnosis relies on symptoms and repeated examinations. The writer discusses possible causes including viral infection and auto immune theories, while acknowledging that trauma to the head is not supported as a definite trigger.
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