Word: access
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Information on Iran, to which Western journalists have limited access, had to be culled from disparate places. From Cairo, Reporter Scott MacLeod canvassed sources throughout the Middle East for an assessment of Iran. Jerusalem Bureau Chief Johanna McGeary and Reporter Ron Ben-Yishai got a vivid picture of internal politics in Tehran by interviewing Iranians in Israel. In Paris, Adam Zagorin talked to Iranian expatriates, while in London, Frank Melville spoke with defense sources and in New York City, Reporter-Researcher Sally B. Donnelly interviewed academic experts on Iran...
Ultimately, Hirsch would like to see a Western thought-centered curriculum prescribed for the nation's schools. His stated concern is that "all kids should have access to cultural literacy, not just an elite few." He is particularly worried about disadvantaged students, who, he says, are not likely to get such training at home and, without careful teaching in school, may miss the opportunity of being absorbed into society's mainstream...
...correction was another blow to the Times's Washington bureau and Whitney, who was appointed by Frankel. In June, after Whitney had sent a letter to presidential candidates asking for personal documents, plus access to psychiatric records and FBI files, Frankel issued a memo saying the request had gone "too far." A few days later Frankel sent a memo chastising the bureau for "lassitude" in following up Washington Post scoops. Admitted a Times staffer: "Let's face it, we were getting clobbered on the Iran-contra story...
...jobless youngsters are stuck in central-city ghettos. They have no way of getting to the fast-growing suburban areas where jobs in stores, hotels, fast- food restaurants and the like go begging; public transportation out to the suburbs is often nonexistent. They also do not have easy access to the resort areas, where the summer-worker crunch is particularly severe...
Under federal law, all states must establish low-level waste sites or have access to regional dumps by 1992. So far, only the Californians are enthusiastic, but that may change as other towns recognize the opportunities. Without the dump, observes Louis Clark of the Baker Valley News, "all our kids have to look forward to is pumping gas and washing dishes...