Kids say TV shapes morals and behavior, poll finds
Children Now polled 750 kids ages 10 to 16 to gauge TV's influence on conduct and values. About two thirds say TV affects peers for the worse, with 70 percent noting TV characters face fewer real problems. Seventy seven percent cite excessive sex on screen and 62 percent say it prompts early sexual activity. Two thirds blame shows like The Simpsons and Married with Children for encouraging disrespect toward parents, while 82 percent want TV to teach right from wrong.
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Children Now
Congress
Dear Editor Letter Attacks Bingaman Budget Stance
A reader criticizes Senator Bingaman over fiscal policy and the balanced budget amendment. The letter accuses him of tax-and-spend rhetoric, claims higher income groups pay their share via rules, and urges cost-cutting proposals without tax increases.
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Senator Bingaman
Thurs
Bingaman
Congress
On This Date in 1995 and Earlier Years
Today is March 14 1995 the 73rd day of the year. Notable events include 1923 President Harding filing the first income tax report and 1939 the dissolution of Czechoslovakia paving the way for Nazi occupation.
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Harding
Republic of
Czechoslovakia
Hi Neighbors Club Meets at Roswell Museum
The Hi Neighbors Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at 2 30 p m on Wednesday at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. The New Mexico Waterflood Association meets Tuesday evening at Artesia Country Club with speaker Tom White man district engineer Halliburton Co Lovington. Pauline C Smith Roy E Denney of Roswell named group advisors for World Academy Schools European study tour this summer.
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Hi Neighbors Club
Roswell Museum and Art Center
New Mexico Waterflood Association
Artesia Country Club
Tom Whiteman
Halliburton Co
Lovington
Pauline C. Smith
Roy E. Denney
Roswell
World Academy Schools
New Mexico 400 Year History Bills Face final week
Funding measures seek 300000 for a state history textbook and 800000 for Camino Real Heritage Center planning. UNM research 100000 for Quatrocentennial, 114000 for cultural affairs, with National Park Service and UNESCO aims. Debate over Hispanic Cultural Center remains tied to politics while history promotion continues.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Camino Real Herit
Tim Jennings
Roswell
Tom Benavides
Albuqurque
University of New Mexico
Manny Aragon
Albuquerque
Office of
Cultural Affairs
UNM
Camino Real Heritage Center
Highway Department
I-25
Camino Real Project
National Endowment For the Humanities
Mexico
United States
Bureau of Land Management
Socorro
Camino Real
BLM
National Park Service
Hispanic Cultural Center
Raymond Sanchez
Aragon
Welfare reform clash shapes Clinton GOP race for reform
The welfare reform battle pits President Clinton against Republicans who hold Congress. GOP plans would cap cash benefits after five years, tighten work rules, and bar training as an option, while Clinton touts a pro-work, pro-education approach. Debate centers on job availability and funding, with long rollout timelines and phased biennial limits.
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Clinton
Congress
Bill House
Haley Barbour
White House
America
Cal
Washington
House Democrats
GOP
Ronald Reagan
Arkansas
Leaders diverge on solutions at global poverty summit
At the Copenhagen World Summit for Social Development, 120 world leaders acknowledged severe poverty, hunger, persecution and greed but failed to craft actionable solutions. Rich nations press for shrinking aid, while developing countries urge reforms of the Cold War era aid framework, fearing a return to moralizing and weak outcomes.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
U.N
Social Development
United Nations
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