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...American public-education system gets equally dismal grades when compared with much of Europe's and Japan's. Harvard's Robert Reich and other economists contend that in the next decade, the skills of a country's work force will be a major determinant of its competitiveness in the world. Some experts argue that all who qualify academically should have access to a college or a vocational-training program, even if they lack the money for tuition. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton suggests that needy students could pay for their education by performing some kind of public service after they graduate...
Officials of the Massachusetts and Washington programs see such criticism as % unfounded. The programs, they say, are designed only to create jobs. If new competition is the by-product, the officials contend, what right-thinking capitalist can argue with that? And while starting a business cannot be a cure-all for U.S. joblessness, it offers at least some out-of-work Americans an opportunity to trade an unemployment check for a paycheck...
Robert Maxwell may be resting in peace in an Israeli cemetery, but the rumors about how he met his demise refuse to die down. Spanish investigators contend that Maxwell suffered a heart attack, but last week's revelations that $767 million mysteriously disappeared from a pair of Maxwell operations during the months leading up to his death have revived the speculation. There are three schools of tabloid-style musings...
...issues involved are not mere differences of philosophy; in the inner cities especially, the debate is deeply practical. Religious groups contend that moral and spiritual teaching can strengthen their efforts in prevention of teen pregnancy and drug abuse, as well as health services, tutoring and % other social services, and that such groups can perform those tasks more cheaply and humanely than government agencies...
Sneddon, however, has been forced to contend with injury again. Two bulging disks in his back--eerily similar to the injury that kept star forward John Weisbrod out of action last year--kept Sneddon out of the last two games...