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...public attention. That was captured by two of Bill Clinton's ideas: a new tax credit for college students and their parents, and a $200 reduction in closing costs on house purchases financed by FHA mortgages. Both proposals are open to criticism: the closing-cost move, for one, will benefit less than 10% of all new-home buyers. Never mind: the plans address two huge concerns of millions of families--the costs of college education and of housing--and they allowed White House spokesman Mike McCurry to hail hyperbolically "American Dream week...
...Likud's siege mentality? Its fundamental belief, says political scientist Sprinzak, "is, 'We're still at Masada, much stronger, not as isolated, but still a Jewish island in a sea of hostile Arabs." Leaders who can assess their choices only in terms of preconceived, fixed notions, who refuse to benefit from experience, who reject contrary signs of a better course, says historian Tuchman, are the ones doomed to folly. That, she notes, is what cost Rehoboam, son of King Solomon, the Kingdom of Israel and the 10 tribes forever...
Employee ownership offers a unique way to address the apparent contradiction between maximizing profits and treating employees well. It can help make companies more productive and efficient at the same time that it provides employees with a substantial benefit and a way to share in this productivity. EDWARD J. CARBERRY Director of Communications National Center for Employee Ownership Oakland, California...
...undergraduates who administrators said will benefit from the changes don't necessarily favor the restructuring...
McLachlan and other officers who have dealt extensively with the administration say that the small size and behind-the-scenes existence of CLUH often work to its benefit...