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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--The first ever presidential education summit came to an end yesterday, as President Bush and the nation's 50 governors said helping disadvantaged preschoolers and illiterate adults were among their top priorities for the near future...
Neither Bush nor the governors specified any numerical goals, but the president yesterday made what he called a "social compact" with the nation's legislators and citizens asking for their input in helping to set exact targets in these areas...
Bush's proposal, in his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly as president, was designed to spur a 40-nation conference in Geneva to ban chemical weapons entirely within 10 years...
There is one positive footnote to the game-Harvard is the only team to score two goals off seventh-ranked Indiana this season. Even Virginia, the top team in the nation, could only nail one against the Hoosiers...
After spending six months and $1 billion, Exxon shut down its cleanup of the nation's worst oil spill. But no one knows how long it will take Prince William Sound to recover fully...