Word: charter
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...unusual coalition of inner-city parents and conservative groups--retort that the judge misread both the Cleveland program and the First Amendment. They point out that Cleveland parents who don't like parochial schools can send their kids to the city's regular public schools, or to public charter schools and magnet schools. Clint Bolick, a lawyer for the Institute for Justice, which defended the voucher program, says, "No one can compel a child into the program or into a religious school...
...million repressed consumers just half an hour's flight from Miami. Feeling that ire, the White House this year further loosened U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba, making it easier for Americans like business executives, researchers and athletes--as well as families with kin in Cuba--to board a charter flight in Miami, New York City or Los Angeles that lands in Havana. Donohue paid Castro a visit last July, the first ever by a U.S. Chamber of Commerce chief. Other high-profile delegations--including one led by Illinois' Republican Governor George Ryan in October--descended on Havana soon after, scoping...
...security summit in Istanbul Thursday, President Boris Yeltsin tore into Western critics of Moscow's military campaign in Chechnya and walked out of a discussion with European leaders on the crisis, after which his foreign minister Igor Ivanov proceeded to sign documents that conceded to some Western concerns. The Charter for European Security upholds the principle that conflicts within one signatory state are the legitimate concern of all, which means Moscow signed away its argument that the West has no business discussing Chechnya. And an updated Conventional Forces in Europe agreement caps military buildups in sensitive border regions - which means...
RUDY GIULIANI Campaigns all out, but can't amend the charter. Lose the 'tude, or legacy will be Senator Clinton...
...Harris says he's getting calls from more young women who want to be donors, including students from Harvard and Berkeley and "a Bo Derek look-alike." One of his charter donors, actress Nicole Newman, 25, says she's sticking with the project in the hopes of making money for college--and to be right where the action is. "It's the new millennium," she says. "We're the first people at the door...