Congress expands federal hand in schooling in S 1513
Congress would greatly extend federal control over public schools via Senate Bill 1513 and the 1994 ESEA. It ties funding to adoption of federal standards and guidance emphasizing soft goals, timetables for gender equity, and multicultural materials while critics warn of reduced local input and focus on basic skills.
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Ted Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
House
Congress
America
Descriptions Contest Reflect Clinton Policy Perceptions
Readers labeled the Clinton foreign policy, not offering a slogan, with entries like Unattainment, Surrealpolitik, Abdicationism, Clintoner tia, Manifest Waffleism, and Global Liberation. The wide range of terms shows perceived indecision, vacillation, and varied diplomacy images.
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Clinton
New World Eee
Clintlock
Willie Waffle
Will Willie
Willie
Clinton foreign policy critique and a playful word carnival
Ben Wattenberg weighs Clinton era diplomacy with a carnival of flip flop puns listing terms like flipflopcracy and clintunationalism while noting most of 120 entries are negative. He cites three prize winners and discusses policy shifts in Haiti Bosnia China and North Korea with a call for clearer future direction.
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Nincompoops
Ettu Boutros
Ghali Gee
Teddy Roosevelt
National Security Council
George Bush
Ann Polek
Salisbury
C. Braxton Valentine
Richmond
Churchill
Walter Yose Jr
Labarge, Wyo
Andrei Bogolubov
New York City
Clinton-Christopher
Haiti
Bosnia
China
Somalia
Middle East
Russia
South Africa
NAFTA
Gatt
Clinton
North Korea
David Gergen
State Department
Warren Christopher
White House
Ben Wattenberg
American Enterprise Institute
Split NC legislature staff could reshape power dynamics
Paul O'Connor notes that mid June budget work by House staff revealed a 50 million goal and a plan evolved with confidential input. A staff split between chambers could mimic Congress with partisan roles, risking technocratic influence and governance shifting away from elected lawmakers.
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Raleigh
House
U.S
Congress
General Assembly
Observing the rituals of boating across a Missouri lake
Sarah Overstreet, a syndicated columnist, recalls growing up near southwest Missouri lakes and the annual boating rituals. The piece humorously critiques boaters storage, ladder quirks, life jacket antics, and the social banter of lake life while celebrating the social bonds of neighbors who drag each other to The Lake year after year.
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Missouri
Sarah Overstreet
Escobar Killing Highlights The “Only A Game” Idea
A Medellin nightclub slaying overturns the notion that sports are mere entertainment. Police arrest a rancher and his employee after a World Cup setback sparks rage over Escobar’s own-net mistake. The incident underscored national disappointment as Colombia exited the tournament.
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Escobar
Medellin
Colombia
United States
Partic
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