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George Bush may be the savior of Kuwait, but in 1992 the voters will want to know what he is doing to save America. One early promise was to be "the education President," but his marks for that endeavor have been decidedly mixed. The President has apparently been doing his homework. Last week, striving to fulfill his promise to launch a major domestic initiative, he presented an ambitious national plan called "America 2000: An Education Strategy" to improve troubled U.S. elementary and secondary schools. Bush spoke of bringing about "a revolution in American education." The goal is lofty enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Revolution Hoping for a Miracle | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

Should Harvard actors devote themselves to a single theatrical endeavor? This question has acquired relevance with the founding of the Working Title Repertory Company by undergraduates Bina Martin and Jeanne Simpson. Working Title recently stages its first production, Sam Shephard's A Lie of the Mind, and is expected to perform Anton Chekov's The Three Sisters in April...

Author: By Adam E. Pachter, | Title: Harvard in Repertory | 3/22/1991 | See Source »

Unlike many of the Lincoln biographies that have come before, Donald's endeavor will use extensive materials from the former president's personal papers that were sealed until...

Author: By Roger G. Kuo, | Title: Daring to Do Lincoln | 3/14/1991 | See Source »

Councillor Jonathan S. Myers said the city has the reponsibility to "endeavor in the hardest way to get representative numbers [of minorities] in positions to make decisions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City to Consider New Affirmative Action Program | 2/28/1991 | See Source »

...danger with any endeavor so dependent on advanced electronics and jewel- like engineering is that when such systems encounter unexpected trouble they usually do not just slow down; they crash. The Pentagon has not shown any TV pictures of "smart" bombs flying a perfect path into the side of a camel. But as the Scud hits have demonstrated, mistakes do happen. One aircraft expert says the desert sand has wreaked havoc with the British Tornado jets, lodging in the turbine engine blades and melting into glass. If blades on U.S. jets are faring better, it may be because enginemakers imported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Weapons: Inside the High-Tech Arsenal | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

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