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...religious right's anti-Clinton fervor is matched only by their zeal for the Republican Party. Again, they seem to prefer lip-service to substance--they endorse school prayer instead of school lunches, they sermonize about family values while their arch-enemy, Clinton, promotes the Family Medical Leave...
...free, hot breakfast offered each morning. At 8:20 last Friday, about 150 kids filled the cafeteria, talking about their favorite TV shows and eating their cereal and pancakes and drinking their juice and milk. The menu doesn't always please everyone. Ten-year-old Jennifer Silva would prefer Pop-Tarts or even pizza for breakfast. But she knows that if she misses breakfast at school, she won't eat that morning. And when that happens, Jennifer says, "I feel horrible...
...citizens, Europe and Asia are coming up fast. Among the reasons are the privatization of industry, which is breaking the stranglehold of government telecommunications monopolies, and the recognition by political leaders of the vital importance of getting up to speed on the worldwide Infobahn (as the Europeans prefer to call...
...view would be that we would prefer that noaction be taken," he continued. "But theuniversity would go on, and instruction would goon...
...Russian army don't usually voice such opinions, but Lebed has made a habit of it, and his bluntness about the state of Russia is one reason he has become a rising favorite among nationalists and the military. In a recent survey, some 70% of officers said they would prefer Lebed as Defense Minister instead of Pavel Grachev, who has botched the Chechen war and faces accusations of corruption. Lebed also appeals to centrists who detest both Yeltsin and ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky. If he could count on the support of all these groups, Lebed would make a very strong candidate...