Word: beene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since November 9, when citizens of East and West Berlin reveled on top of the Berlin Wall, there have been no victory orations in the United States. No parades through Washington. No brass bands. No elation. This is unfortunate, because in effect the country has been through a successful war...
IT has been an expensive fight. And now is the time that Americans should shift their attention from governments around the world and start worrying about government in this country.
The inner cities give evidence to this neglect. Drugs threaten to make life unliveable for millions of ordinary people who fear to walk down the street in their neighborhoods. AIDS, poverty and homelessness are related problems that have been overlooked and imperil the lives of many Americans.
BUT it is the area of education that has been most forgotten by Americans.
Recent surveys have shown that students find themselves unable to tell when the Civil War took place within a 50-year period. Many can not tell where their own state is on a map. Others just don't worry about school and go watch TV. The problem, however, is not...