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...requires "a brief period of quiet reflection for not more than 60 seconds with the participation of each pupil in the classroom." Although the courts have upheld some moment-of-silence policies, civil libertarians say they have struck down laws featuring pro-prayer supporting language of the sort they discern in Alabama's bill. In the eyes of many church-club planters, such fracases amount to wasted effort. Says Doug Clark, field director of the National Network of Youth Ministries: "Our energy is being poured into what kids can do voluntarily and on their own. That seems...
...raise a child. A mother's triumph, day by day, may seem small, occurring not in the corner office but in the kitchen over strained peas, with the results apparent not in the next deal but in the next generation. So we married someone whose nose can discern the vintage of a Merlot but can't smell a dirty diaper when it's right in front of him. It's easier to change the diaper than to argue over who changed the last one. So we're a little more tired, and men are pulling a fast one on these...
There appears to be a lack of focus in the site itself. Though having really great design is important, you have to have something important to say as well, and it should be easy to discern what this important thing...
...took political courage for President Clinton to initiate a national dialogue on race and to appoint an advisory panel to keep us all focused on the subject. If there is short-term gain in this for any politician, it is hard to discern. Whatever Clinton's motives, having started down this road, it is now imperative to get it done right...
...with the Iraq deal, Washington is "cautiously optimistic" over reports that Indonesia has backed down from defying the International Monetary Fundover the "currency board" issue -- but it wants details. "The IMF is waiting to discern exactly what Suharto plans to do," says TIME business correspondent Bruce Van Voorst. "There's a degree of optimism that what could have been the worst confrontation between the IMF and a beneficiary country may have been avoided...