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...most important member has shown toward the world body since the mid-'80s. That's when the U.S. decided to cut back on paying its U.N. dues, got serious about slashing the organization's bloat, held funding for the U.N. hostage to abortion politics and allowed the U.S. to begin accumulating well over $1 billion in arrears...
...sounds as if the teachers are caretakers rather than educators. By declaring that Webster is typical, TIME does a disservice to schools across the country that are educating students. GEORGE CONKLIN Riverhead, N.Y. In the post-Littleton era, teachers and administrators no longer look the other way. Students begin to realize that cruelty has consequences. Gym class no longer means a risk of physical assault whenever the coach isn't looking. Cries for help are finally being listened to. Humanity begins to shine a feeble light down the corridors of what to many students has felt like a concentration camp...
...Rachel Polner, "if you do have a serious problem, because you can't just hop on a flight and be home in two hours." Trinity's Filbi warns that in Ireland, "we don't spoon-feed our students." Jessi Hathaway, 18, who left her home in Kennebunkport, Maine, to begin studies at Trinity this year, suggests other Americans plan to bring "an outgoing personality and a sense of adventure" if they plan to survive...
...pursuits are merging in a hot family hobby imported from Britain: garden railroading. Aficionados lay tracks and carve tunnels through their flower beds and hedges. One measure of the trend: circulation of Garden Railways magazine has doubled to 36,000 in the past three years. The train kits begin at $150. Curious? Check out www2.gardenrailways.com/gr/ or www.largescale.com...
...heartfelt reaction of Greeks towards Turks after the earthquake shaped his vision and gave him the confidence to begin a crusade that may bring down the walls between Turkey and Greece erected by a history of imperialism and cultural egoism. These divisions, once made, eventually took on a life of their own through political institutionalization and self-fulfilling logic. It is a shame that it took the loss of over 10,000 lives to break a gridlock that existed not between the people but the institutions of Ankara and Athens. As Papandreou pointed out, the people in the two countries...