Word: nation
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...Vernon possessed a wide-ranging knowledge of international trade and the economics of developing nations that contributed greatly to the expansion of Harvard's global focus in the postwar era," Rudenstine wrote. "We are grateful for the part he played in the life of Harvard, the nation and the world...
...assassinated. John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Them two niggas got shot." His take on white poverty: "There's nothing scarier than a broke white man. The broker they are, the madder they are. That's why white people start forming groups and blowing up s___. Freeman. Aryan Nation. Klan. Poor, pissed-off white people are the biggest threat to the security of this country." And his view on single moms: "It doesn't take a scientist to tell when you're gonna have f_____-up kids. If a kid calls his grandmama Mommy and his mama Pam--he's going...
...past few years, we've seemed to be on the way to winning the war against AIDS. But last week we got a chilling reminder that victory is still not in sight. It came in the form of some grim statistics from the nation's first large-scale HIV-prevention conference, held in Atlanta by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Your story "Is Any Place Safe?" reported on the rush by schools to install security measures [NATION, Aug. 23]. Now we have constant high-tech surveillance, security fences, uniforms... So what are we teaching our children? How to live in a police state. Undoubtedly these school-security measures are instituted out of fear. Concerns for our children's safety are well founded. In being driven by fears while forgetting to safeguard civil liberties, however, we may reach a time when the term "the land of the free and the home of the brave" no longer applies. TONY KALENAK Odessa, Texas...
...comes with mastering a skill, acing a tough exam and making new friends. Most of all, though, and especially this year, they hope their children are safe. After last spring's tragedy at Columbine and the several bomb threats and shootings since, safety is at the top of the nation's education agenda. Says Pamela Riley, director of the Center for the Prevention of School Violence: "Schools can no longer assume safety. They must plan for safety...