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Education will emerge for the first time as a key issue in the coming presidential primaries, and Bush's success on the subject stands in stark contrast to the dismal record of his party's fallen Washington leaders. Congressional Republicans have backed away from their disastrous plan to abolish the federal Department of Education, and some took strange pride recently in blocking Bill Clinton's multibillion-dollar public-school construction plan. They have remained wedded to conservative shibboleths like education savings accounts and private-school vouchers, which have little appeal to the 89% of Americans who send their children...
There is no starker example of the phenomenon of corporate welfare and vanishing jobs than General Electric Co. In 1986 GE, fresh from acquiring RCA, employed 288,000 workers in this country. By 1997 the number had fallen to 165,000. During the period that GE cut those 123,000 jobs in the U.S.--43% of its workforce--the company collected several billion dollars in corporate welfare...
Additionally, both teams have had tough schedules this season preparing them well for postseason play. All of Harvard's four losses have come to top 25 teams, while Hartford has fallen victim to three top 10 squads...
...talked briefly about quitting modeling to concentrate on her acting career. Romijn is already distancing herself from her modeling background. "I don't like modeling that much," she says. "It's been a great trip, but straight print modeling is so mindless." How far has the stock of modeling fallen? Kate Moss once dated Johnny Depp, and Cindy Crawford was married to Richard Gere; Romijn's husband is John Stamos...
...milled plates [ART, Oct. 19]. If Hughes wants to see large pieces of steel, put him on the subway to the outer reaches of New York harbor, where he can watch ships pass through the Verrazano Narrows. Modern art is the biggest practical joke in history, and Hughes has fallen for it. The true artists are the ironworkers and shipwrights who build today's floating monsters. GARRY JAFFE Chicago...