Word: minnes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hallways, assisting schoolmates in fixing crashed hard drives and finding lost files. And no one is more enthusiastic about laptop learning than parents; in communities like Washington Heights they have organized safety brigades to escort kids carrying computers from the school buses to their homes. In Little Falls, Minn.--a working-class district that distributed 276 laptops last year--parents volunteer and provide tutoring at local schools to defray the cost of their kids' machines...
...time to stop this insanity? The Spanish Inquisition was an example of general-court powers gone awry. Starr is a modern-day Torquemada with unrestricted powers to recklessly punish anyone he judges to be heretical. TOM BYFIELD Minneapolis, Minn...
...WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.--Many of the University's Asian students face a serious problem: Their funds for school are drying up. Because of the collapse of several Asian currencies, the dollar value of money sent to students by their families has declined. If American students faced a similar problem, they could simply find work or a second job to make up the difference. But current federal immigration laws prevent foreign students from holding most jobs, and almost 500,000 students nationwide are affected. These students are in crisis; many might be forced to leave their studies and return home...
...Minn. at San Antonio...
...domination of the news by the Clinton scandal was total. Maybe special prosecutor Kenneth Starr and Lewinsky's pal Linda Tripp will finally satisfy Americans' insatiable thirst for titillation and dirt. The name Tripp will surely live in infamy and replace Brutus as the archetypal betrayer. NORMAN GRONWOLD Norcross, Minn...