Word: facedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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-- In East Germany the dust from the breaching of the Wall has yet to settle. Prime Minister Hans Modrow, a leading reformer who was elevated to the Politburo only two weeks ago, faced a parliament rapidly awakening to popular calls for more democracy. At an emergency session, delegates to the...
But in the latest example of perestroika, a new airline called ASDA is being formed to compete with Aeroflot. Staffed by Soviet air force veterans and disgruntled Aeroflot pilots, the carrier will fly rented Boeing 747s on long- haul routes connecting such far-flung points as Kiev, Kamchatka, Moscow and...
Four years ago, California's education department declared that elementary and junior high school science texts needed fuller treatment of evolution. Subsequently, the education department detailed pro evolution guidelines for kindergarten through eighth grade to take effect in 1992. But the policy needed approval from the state board of education...
Born to be hated: fresh-faced white boys, copping black street attitudes, co-opting black dance sounds, style and slang. They produce Reddi Wip pop music that comes out of nowhere but sells a cumulative 7 million on two albums, scoring with five hit singles (Cover Girl is currently No...
Schools, of course, cannot be isolated from neighborhoods plagued by drugs, gangs, crime and poverty. Says Miller, the teacher who faced a kindergartner's gun: "Whatever is out on the street seeps into the schools." Violence, however, is no longer confined to tough areas. In an affluent part of Tallahassee...