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Answers are not as plentiful. It is not enough to say, as a New York State senator once said, "We want people to respect the flag, and if they will not respect it voluntarily, then we will make them respect it involuntarily." Toward that end, lawmakers might get useful guidance from the Alien and Sedition Acts. Passed in 1798, they were enforced in a way that made a crime of any idea, opinion, remark or act a judge disapproved of. One New Jersey man was arrested and fined $100 for saying he did not care if somebody fired a cannon...
...shrinkage of available stock has helped increase the value of all shares, since equities are becoming a little bit like land, which Will Rogers once said was his favorite investment "because they ain't making it anymore." But at current stock prices, a whiff of recession or a flare-up of inflation and interest rates could make stocks about as popular as beachfront property in hurricane season...
...newsworthy; the irony is that the coverage prompts many readers to assume that such failings are widespread. Many a journalist has felt the temptation, as Malcolm allegedly did, either to skip the drudgery of poring over notes or, having perused them in vain, to concoct the perfect quote to make the point. Such behavior may be legal. But as every journalist knows, it is, in Malcolm's own words, "morally indefensible...
...poor inner-city neighborhoods, family patterns and cultural barriers often make it difficult for minority students to view college as an option. Moreover, many potential applicants are frightened away by soaring college costs. Federal aid, which has shifted from grants to loans, has disproportionately affected minorities, many of whom are unable to make the financial commitment to borrow large sums for education...
Since 1984, Arizona State University has run an innovative program to recruit Hispanic women. Several times a year, Hispanic mothers and their daughters, ranging in age from 13 to 18, come to campus to take classes together. Although the purpose is to make parents advocates of college for their girls, 30% of the 234 mothers have been sufficiently inspired to continue their own educations. "Hispanic family values encourage females to get married and stay home," says A.S.U. sophomore Sonia Torres, 18. "I probably would not have gone to a four-year college without the program...