Word: importantally
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Bennett has some markedly ecumenical company, including Carnegie Foundation President Ernest Boyer, a liberal. Boyer's 1986 book College: The Undergraduate Experience in America takes higher education to task for disjointed careerist study programs, confusion over goals and lack of a liberal arts core curriculum. Albert Shanker, president of the...
The Administration has already backed a U.N. Security Council resolution, passed in June, that called for a cease-fire in the Iran-Iraq war, an exchange of prisoners and peace negotiations. Tehran has so far refused to listen to the call. But that, says Sick, should discourage no one. He...
The relentless war with Iraq is only the most visible sign of Khomeini's determination to defeat heretics. No less important are Tehran's ties with the terrorist networks of Shi'ite radicals that stand ready to do the Ayatullah's bidding. Though tactics may shift, Khomeini's ultimate goal...
Most Republican contenders are going through a mirror image of this drill. To independents and moderates, they talk about compassion as they attempt to disengage from the harsher aspects of Reaganism. But G.O.P. primary voters tend to be conservative loyalists. They want a combative leader who reminds them of Reagan...
The air-traffic controllers stared intently at the glow on their radar monitor. Suddenly, without warning, the screen went dark. In an instant, the controllers had lost their all-important ability to track dozens of jets carrying hundreds of passengers.