Word: nationals
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...point to the Bushies: Sam Nunn is not a saint. But he is perhaps the nation's most widely respected Senator, and it is his opposition to Tower, more than anything else, that is likely to doom the would-be Defense Secretary. And no matter who rules the Pentagon, it is fair to say that few major national-security decisions will be made without Nunn's approval. He is that powerful...
...school. He was an Eagle Scout and a star forward who led Perry's high school basketball team to the 1956 state championship. "We were behind by 5 points at the half," recalls Ed Beckham, a Perry oil distributor. "Our coach was one of the winningest in the nation, but it was Sam who gave us the half-time pep talk...
Minnesota, which has a small minority population, started the nation's first statewide open-enrollment plan this school year. So far, 435 students have transferred out of their home districts, taking $2,755 per pupil in state-tax revenues to their new destinations. More than 2,500 others have applied to cross district lines starting in September. In racially divided Massachusetts, however, a similar proposal has run into strong opposition from minority groups. Magnet schools often fare better. Since 1974, such facilities in East Harlem have lured thousands of students into the district and boosted its rank in reading scores...
Washington was and remains the nation's leading consumer of booze, imbibing ) at last count 4.78 gal. of spirits and 6.41 gal. of wine per person a year. Nevada runs a distant second...
...NATION: Tower assails his accusers' ethics, stirring a new debate about an old issue: How pure should the Government...