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Zhirinovsky: The very difficult economic situation in Russia was the result of activities by these forces. There is no such thing as a poor Jew in Russia . . . while the poorest people in Russia are the Russians...
...also represents an enormous risk. Hartford, one of the poorest cities in Connecticut, has been spending roughly $9,000 per student annually, well above the national average of $5,900, and yet has one of the highest dropout rates and the lowest test scores in the state. Fewer than half the city's ninth- graders graduate four years later; 95% of fourth-graders need remedial help. Acting superintendent Eddie Davis, whose two children attend Hartford schools, is blunt about the crisis. "Our performance is down, our costs are up," he says. "Our 2,000-odd teachers make on average...
...poorest country in the hemisphere, Haiti has an illiteracy rate of 75 percent and an infant mortality rate of 149.1 per thousand...
...mayoral primary. City councilman John Ray, the Establishment candidate, got 37 percent, and beleaguered Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly straggled in with a mere 13 percent. How did Barry do it? "It's clear that he won it by registering an unprecedented number of voters in southeast Washington, in the poorest neighborhoods," says TIME Washington correspondent James Carney. Many of this crowd had never voted before. Barry's return may intensify middle-class flight from the city, since those better-off now fear higher taxes to pay for programs the candidate has promised...
Barry's resurgence also reflects Washington's racial and economic fissures. Even in the aftermath of his arrest, Barry retained many sympathizers, especially among African Americans who believed federal prosecutors had set him up. By 1992 he had moved to Washington's poorest section, cast himself as a voice for the downtrodden and won a seat on the city council. To many of his core constituents, returning him to the mayor's office would amount to vengeance. Mary Cox, a lawyer and Barry ally, says that in much of Washington's African-American community, "you learn early on that...