Word: abroader
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...outside the church with his arm around the female minister who had just delivered a sermon on loving one's oppressor. Joined by Laura Bush and U.S. evangelist Luis Palau--and a smiling choir to boot--Bush insisted that the Chinese government "not fear Christians." The President, often portrayed abroad as an arrogant Texan bully, had found a more appealing niche: a sightseer with a higher purpose...
...find them, Baltimore and other school districts--in California, Florida and New York--have begun looking abroad for teachers to do the jobs they can't get enough locals to take on. After watching a presentation, at an education conference, on Filipino teachers working in other U.S. school districts, George Duque, human-resources manager for the Baltimore public schools, decided to give that approach a try. "We've always had difficulty getting teachers in math, science and special education," he says. "We would go on recruiting trips, and we could count on one hand the number of available teachers...
...about is getting highly qualified teachers," says Richelle Patterson, a senior associate with the Association of Federated Teachers, one of two national teachers' unions. "To date, the Filipino teachers have been highly qualified. We haven't heard any complaints." But local unions remain skeptical about bringing in teachers from abroad, even though many of the foreigners have become union members. "I think that [school officials] did not seek out American teachers," says Marrietta English, who heads the Baltimore Teachers Union. "The problem the urban teachers have is retention. Last year we were losing 40 teachers a month...
...rightly contended that such a timetable would only set a concrete date for insurgents to outlast U.S. troop presence. Instead, this bill is really about redefining the rhetorical playing field. It is about taking the difficult first step sooner than in the past. Previous criticism of U.S. military actions abroad have come only after major gaffes or losses of lives. It took the leak of the bombing of Cambodia combined with over 33,000 U.S. dead to spur then-President Richard Nixon to announce the withdrawal of the first 25,000 U.S. troops from Vietnam in June...
...said. The governor has an 80 percent approval rating in Virginia, a Southern state that usually elects a Republican governor. His speech touched on many areas considered traditionally moderate—or even conservative—territory. He insisted that Americans have to make themselves safer at home and abroad. “Making our ports, airports, and borders safer is an issue,” he said. He also said that America should be a moral, not military, leader. Although he was not explicit about any presidential aspirations, he did directly criticize the Bush administration’s actions...