Word: nonpartisan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they're partly right. But the White House has made miscues of its own. Early supporters of the national-test plan, like Finn and Brookings Institution scholar Diane Ravitch, have deserted the President because the tests were developed through the politically appointed Department of Education rather than by a nonpartisan body like the independent National Assessment Governing Board. "It's wrong to have a new national test every time a new President is elected," Ravitch says. Last month Education Secretary Richard Riley agreed to surrender control of the tests to the governing board; the handover was cemented in last week...
...makes these mayors' governmental pragmatism possible is that they have also developed a flexible, post-ideological approach to politics. Cities that once thrived on straight-ticket Democratic machine politics, where labor unions and social-welfare programs were considered untouchable, are led today by some of the nation's most nonpartisan and politically unpredictable politicians. On school vouchers Cleveland's White, an African-American Democrat, is sparring with his city's traditionally Democratic teachers' union and the N.A.A.C.P. Goldsmith alienated his party's establishment by firing patronage appointees who stood in the way of his efforts to privatize. Says New York...
...progressed from a fishing expedition to personal attacks--a vendetta. Millions and millions of dollars have been spent in this pursuit. Inhabitants of Arkansas have been subjected to inappropriate questions. Federal tax money has been spent by Starr that could have been used for worthy nonpartisan causes. MADELINE GRAINGER San Antonio, Texas...
Fernanda Gallego, 24, who is head of Youth Development, one of the many nonpartisan civic groups sprouting up on every university campus these days, exemplifies the new, no-nonsense mind-set. "Every time I hear public officials shout about defending our national sovereignty, I shake my head," she says, "because I know that their corruption and mistakes have compromised my country's sovereignty as much as any gringo...
...nonpartisan Tax Foundation reported that the average American spends 1 hr. and 53 min. of each workday just to pay the Federal Government. Here's how your day breaks down according to where some of that cash is going...