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Campbell made his remarks in testimony before a meeting of the state's Joint Committee on Human Services and Elderly Affairs. He was before the panel to assess his department's performance over the last year and answer questions about budget requests made...
...purpose of the film is to discuss police behavior during questioning and to assess whether students are treated appropriately, he said...
...only through these individual groups that we, as Dominicans, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, can find out who we truly are and what the significance of our lives in this country really is. It is only through these groups that we can each assess the degree of cultural assimilation that we have already undergone--whether that assimilation will be done quietly, or forcefully enough to make American culture reflect the diversity of our experience--whether we see ourselves ever returning to the countries of our parents' birth...
...most perverse part of his speech was his claim that African-Americans needed an honest assessment of their capabilities from white Americans. It was baffling to hear an advocate of self-help doctrine offer a paternalistic relationship with whites as a crucial variable in development. Moreover, how can whites who are plagued by latent guilt break that cycle and offer African-Americans and honest assessment of their capabilities? Furthermore, the history of race relations in American society demonstrates how whites, when given the chance to assess the collective capabilities of this group, have rarely provided "an honest account." The most...
...Administration took several steps to calm the mounting fury. President Clinton demanded that Moscow immediately withdraw from Washington any Russians involved in the alleged espionage, and called for cooperation in U.S. efforts to assess the damage. A high-level CIA team was dispatched to Moscow to obtain information from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. After they returned empty-handed, Clinton ordered the expulsion of Alexander Lysenko, a Washington-based Russian "diplomat" who is reputedly the MBRF's top-ranking official...