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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Suggesting that recent state economic improvement lay the ground work for better "basic education", Zedillo said he hoped that government budget reform and the increased privatization of public works would allow a greater devotion of public works spending to social programs...

Author: By Jonathan P. Hooks, | Title: Mexican Education Reformed, Decentralized | 2/26/1993 | See Source »

...further, but it is surging in popularity thanks largely to two popular books. They are, confusingly, Complexity, by M. Mitchell Waldrop, and Complexity, by Roger Lewin; both authors formerly wrote for the journal Science. Like James Gleick's wildly successful 1987 book Chaos, each volume attempts to convey to lay readers the basics of the science as well as the excitement it is generating among its practitioners. (Mini-review: Waldrop's book, a straightforward, detailed account, succeeds admirably; Lewin's, a chatty personal memoir, does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Field of Complexity | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

Hartford's lead reached as much as 37, at 78-41, with about six and half minutes to go before Hawks Coach Paul Brazeau began to clear his bench. As the clock wound down, the only suspense left lay in whether Hartford would break 100 points for the game. Much to the chagrin of the few remaining fans, the Hawks...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: Hartford Thrashes M. Basketball, 97-72 | 2/17/1993 | See Source »

...thought it would lay down the groundwork for better relations in the future and in that respect it was a success," said Hillel Chair Jeremy A. Dauber '95, who added that the peaceful, crisis-free backdrop to the discussion will help re-define race relations...

Author: By Melissa Lee, | Title: Reflect on the Future Of Black-Jewish Relations | 2/12/1993 | See Source »

...exhibits as "About face" can ensure that consumers and designers use democracy's energies properly, constumers will learn that the history of type began long before Apple began bundling bitmaps of "Times," "Helvetica" and "Palatine" with Macintosh will be able contract the wild modern early periods with the stodgy lay in between...

Author: By Dante E.A. Ramos, | Title: An Exhibition of a Different Type | 2/11/1993 | See Source »

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