Word: longing
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...York's East Harlem, parents are free to shop around for what they judge to be the best public school in the district. Minnesota goes further: it is phasing in a program that by 1990 will allow students to attend virtually any public school in the state so long as the move does not harm desegregation efforts. Earlier this year, Arkansas, Iowa, Ohio and Nebraska adopted similar plans; eleven other states are moving toward choice. But it is unclear how many families will take advantage of such freedom: in Minnesota only 3,800 children -- less than 1% of the state...
They have known almost nothing but war. For a generation men have fought over the fabled ruins of Angkor Wat, the colonial palaces of Phnom Penh, and the rich rice paddies along the Mekong River, leaving more than a million Cambodians dead and their land in ruins. But at long last the shell-shocked country had something to cheer. Cambodians crowded the streets last week to hail the withdrawal of the last of the 200,000 Vietnamese troops who had occupied their country for nearly eleven years. Across the eastern border in Viet Nam, there was also celebration. Senior officials...
Cambodia and Viet Nam are desperate for change. Yet there was no real jubilation for two countries that have battled one enemy or another, Cambodia for the past 20 years, Viet Nam for more than twice as long. In Cambodia three guerrilla armies, not least the brutal Khmer Rouge, are spoiling to settle their differences with the Hanoi-approved government of Hun Sen. The departure of the Vietnamese promises only the renewal of civil strife as these groups struggle for dominance...
...which has long provided aid to the non-Communist forces of Sihanouk and Son Sann and has not ruled out military assistance in the future, similarly argues that Hun Sen heads an illegitimate administration imposed by a foreign power. In its anti-Vietnamese zeal, Washington overlooked Sihanouk's alliance with the Khmer Rouge, which did most of the fighting during eleven years of guerrilla opposition. The Bush Administration is left in the uncomfortable position of backing a mercurial prince who remains aligned with men bent on restoring an odious regime. But the Administration maintains, with good reason, that any settlement...
...recognize his rule. Equally important, a major Khmer Rouge victory would destroy any lingering thoughts Sihanouk might entertain about cutting a deal with Hun Sen. Sadly, it seems more bloodletting will be needed to convince the various factions that political compromise is the only answer. Until then, Cambodia's long nightmare will...