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...pace suddenly got quicker last week. At a church in Indianapolis, Ind., Bush laid out a detailed list of proposals--complete with a promise of $8 billion in new federal spending--aimed at expanding the role of charities, churches and community groups in helping the poor. A Republican's pledging to increase federal spending for the poor is novel in its own right. But the speech was less remarkable for its topic--supporting faith-based institutions is in vogue with candidates from both parties--than for how Bush used it to neutralize his critics on both the left...
...Cambridge schools, Morse Elementary had the best showing on the tests. Morse was one of four schools in the city showing no scores lower than "proficient" and the only Cambridge school to make a list of 19 Massachusetts schools that scored higher than the state average despite serving lower-income neighborhoods...
...book won't be the first time the Lampoon has ventured into the college guide market. Twenty years ago, the organization released the Harvard Lampoon Big Book of College Life, which even today is holding steady at number 452,669 on the amazon.com sales list...
...away on new spending programs. But give Big Al his druthers, and he?d rather pay down the debt. It isn?t surprising that the Fed Chairman, whose speeches are the economic equivalent of Rorshach tests, left both sides with enough soundbites to claim his support. On his list of preferences, the tax cut ranks second. The Clinton plan certainly bears some characteristics of a spender?s plan ?- that?s certainly what the Republicans say. But the voters, so far, seem to see it the other...
...Ranking of books by television anchors Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather and Peter Jennings, respectively, on the New York Times best-seller list...