Reform debate on Social Security and budget balance
The piece argues there is no real Social Security trust fund and that pay as you go financing masks deficits. It warns that revenues will soon fall short, with 2030 looming, and notes the need for reform whether or not a Balanced Budget Amendment passes. It criticizes political will and calls for honest reforms to avert a Ponzi like system becoming unsustainable.
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Democratic National Committee
Terry Michael
Paul Tsongas
Treasury Bonds
March Madness Drives Elite Men’s Basketball Season
The article highlights a standout college basketball season with UCLA leading the Top 25, joined by North Carolina UMass UConn Kansas and Arkansas as former No 1s. It notes rising contenders as NCAA selection approaches and mentions President Clinton’s interest in college hoops and recent upsets by George Washington over UMass and Georgetown over Villanova.
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UCLA
North Carolina
Umass
Uconn
Kansas
Arkansas
NCAA
White House
Clinton
Razorbacks
George Washington
Georgetown
Villanova
Scripps
Howard News Service
Flag Amendment Move Faces Senate Test on Capitols Hill
A group backs Citizens Flag Alliance to enact a flag desecration ban, arguing it protects the flag by limiting unpatriotic destruction. Dole Gingrich Gramm rally behind the measure while Clinton faces political pressure as Kuwait war memory lingers. The piece critiques constitutional stripping of First Amendment rights and warns against conflating symbol with liberty.
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Capitol Hill
Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
Texas
Bob Dole
Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
Iraq
American Legion
The
Knights of Columbus
Fraternal Order of Police
Citizens Flag Alliance
Dole
Newt Gingrich
Phil Gramm
Bill Clinton
Arkansas
States
Stephen Chapman
Chicago Tribune
Pilot program shrinks early class sizes in North Carolina
In 1993 94 Raleigh testimony by Carol Gunn about a Charlotte Mecklenberg pilot reducing K 3 class sizes to 17 19 students. The success story: a first grader from a poverty line home progressed from advanced kindergarten to reading beyond second grade by year end. The plan hinges on SB 21 allowing extra teachers funded by aides budgets, with local option and flexibility to use funds for specialized teachers or smaller classes.
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Raleigh
Carol Gunn
Charlotte
Spiga
Tuckaseegee Elementary
Gunn
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
General Assembly
Burke County
Iene
Leslie Winner
D-Mecklen
Ms. Gunn
Paul O'Connor
Capitol Press Association
Children Speak: TV Shapes Values and Behavior
A Fairbank poll of 10 to 16 year olds finds one third often want to imitate TV actions and two thirds say peers are influenced by TV. Respondents blame TV for disrespecting parents and promoting early sex, while a majority believe TV should teach right from wrong. Families show varied viewing habits and many prefer family time over television use.
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Los Angeles
Fairbank, Maslin, Maulin and Associates
MTV
Mom
Dad
Newsweek
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