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...West Virginia. Byrd predicts that Presidents will use the measure to blackmail members of Congress into rubber-stamping White House plans out of fear for their own pet projects. That worry isn't entirely off the wall--Presidents play politics too--but it's more likely that Congress will adopt another pattern. To solidify support at home, members can be expected to fund all kinds of junk, secure in the knowledge that the President will torpedo their profligacy...
...effort to gain power over these, even if it is only mental, athletes often adopt superstitions...
...increasingly worried about mediocre graduates. "The American people have spoken," IBM Chairman Louis Gerstner told the group. "They do not want national standards." Gerstner and Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson hosted the two-day meeting, where 41 governors will attempt to agree on higher scholastic standards that states should adopt within two years. Business leaders, in turn, will develop their own strategies, such as requesting high school transcripts from job seekers or establishing partnerships with schools. TIME'S Elizabeth Gleick says critics of the summit, like the National School Boards Association and the National Parent Teacher Association, complain that...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Congressional negotiators reached a compromise agreement Thursday on the line-item veto measure, ending a yearlong impasse. With the Republican nomination nearly wrapped up, Sen. Dole interevened to break the logjam and convince Senate negotiators to adopt the House version of the bill. "There is a great urgency on the part of Dole to get things done," says TIME's Karen Tumulty. "This is an item from the 'Contract with America' and it is very important for him to get it passed by the Senate and sent to the President." Republican Congressmen are more accepting of the measure...
With Pat Buchanan sucking up all the available oxygen on social issues, the President made a grab for two last week--issuing a six-page manual urging public schools to adopt uniforms, and shaming network execs into labeling their programs. As a child in parochial school, I loved the savings in time and fashion anxiety a uniform made possible. The first candidate to issue a similar manual for adults gets my vote. There is a downside: offending not only the A.C.L.U. but also parents who think a $100 Polo sweater makes up for being distracted. Some teachers say it doesn...