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...Hawkins apologized for the oversight. "It's really not this candidate's fault. It's our fault and we're sorry...

Author: By Dalia L. Rotstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bugs, Mistakes Delay Council Elections | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...smell of political red meat. Except when you ask the Republicans what they would do differently, the answer is: not much. They offer no fresh ideas, just stricter oversight of loans, more criticism of bad behavior, greater caution toward leaders. No one, not even firebrand Jesse Helms, who is about to launch Senate hearings, would stop all aid or cut Russia adrift. Candidates like George W. Bush don't disagree with the basic notion of engaging Russia either, so he's left to look for traction with the mushy "I'd manage it better" argument. Even the most skeptical voter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Ruble Shakedown | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...mention of adult day-care centers? What an oversight. My husband has Alzheimer's, and I can't imagine coping with this situation without one. EVE VAN STRALEN North Hollywood, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 20, 1999 | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...would do better on the scale at which government agencies operate? Some volunteer organizations can thrive on a shoestring budget, but others are plagued with at least as much administrative overhead as the Department of Health and Human Services. Furthermore, government agencies, despite all their inefficiencies, have built-in oversight procedures and are always directly accountable to a higher authority, as well as, indirectly, the voting public. Would a private group be under--or be willing to submit to--such oversight...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: George W.'s Leap of Faith | 9/15/1999 | See Source »

...prospect of intrusive government oversight shows why Federal support may not always be a blessing to a charitable institution, especially a religious one. Bush was quick to deal with the prospect of a mixing of church and state, adding that under his proposal the government would not discriminate "for or against Methodists or Mormons or Muslims, or good people with no faith at all," and said there would always be "secular alternatives" to religious programs...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: George W.'s Leap of Faith | 9/15/1999 | See Source »

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