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...awareness about the AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, in the Caribbean, and among black Americans. The events will include a benefit dinner on April 22 and a conference with presentations and panel discussions all day on April 23. Owusu-Kesse said the weekend will conclude with a semi-formal dance on April...
...dispute in Israel, however, paled beside the renewed violence that erupted last week in Lebanon. On Tuesday suicide attackers detonated two car bombs in separate sections of Israel's "security zone" in southern Lebanon. There, five weeks after Israel's formal withdrawal, more than 500 Israeli soldiers continue to patrol the area. Seventeen people were killed, among them the two attackers and two soldiers of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army. Six were reported injured, including two Israeli soldiers. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by a pro-Syrian Lebanese group called the Syrian National Social Party...
Some states, such as Florida and Texas, are trying to solve their needs in part by granting alternative certification to college graduates without formal teacher training. California granted emergency credentials to more than 4,000 instructors last year. Sunbelt schools are recruiting in northern states, where in many cases declining pupil populations have prevented a teacher shortage. The city of Modesto, Calif., this spring set up eleven recruiting centers in hotels from Massachusetts to Washington State. Georgia, although its shortage is still minor, has imported math and science teachers from West Germany. The Houston independent school district foraged all spring...
...solution of a particular operation, or perhaps temporarily to withhold information or even some interviews" that might endanger hostages. News organizations have sometimes voluntarily withheld such information, but CBS and NBC news chiefs were probably expressing the majority view in the media when they turned down Meese's proposed formal agreement...
...voice may have been a bit raspy, his gestures a tad stiff and tentative, but as he greeted Chinese President Li Xiannian on the sun-drenched South Lawn last week, Ronald Reagan inspired pride rather than pity. The welcoming ceremony was the President's first formal event since leaving Bethesda Naval Hospital, where he underwent major surgery for cancer. Standing at attention beside his guest while a Marine band played the American and Chinese national anthems, the 74-year-old Reagan gave credence to the reports of his splendid recuperation. Nonetheless, the ceremony was shortened to 15 minutes so that...