Word: nationale
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All of which made last Tuesday's election returns so much the sweeter. Speaking to the Boston Globe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee Ron Brown called the election results "a slam-dunk for the Democratic Party." He was referring to a series of nationwide party victories--in particular, in...
Sue Bredekamp, an executive with the National Association for the Education of Young Children, feels that redshirting may be of value to about 1% of children but in some places is routinely suggested for 30% of kindergarten applicants. "Being older is no guarantee of success," she says. "By holding children...
The new projections of the cocaine supply, which still amount to guesswork, nonetheless indicate that the Government's longtime effort at interdicting shipments has been largely ineffective. In fact, smugglers have become so efficient and so numerous that since 1981 the median national retail price of cocaine has declined from...
Even the strategy document issued by William Bennett, the director of national drug policy, concedes that interdiction is mainly a symbolic effort. Its lack of results underscores the need to intercept cocaine in other places. Specifically, the document recommends a stronger effort to cut cocaine off at both ends of...
The visit by the Polish-born former U.S. National Security Adviser was timely. Two years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev established a joint Soviet-Polish commission whose mandate included the reopening of the Katyn case. Since then, the Soviets have delayed a formal verdict. But officials, eager to clear the air before...