Word: public
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mandated by Gramm-Rudman-Hollings if there is no agreement by Oct. 16 to hold the deficit to $110 billion in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. But those cuts could always be rescinded later. And if the budget deficit keeps rising? Don't think about it. The public, the President and Congress all seem sold on now-nowism...
...become "the education President." During two crisply photogenic autumn days at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, he convened his Cabinet and the nation's Governors for a historic summit that raised hopes of new national leadership, if not new federal funds, to address the critical problems facing American public education...
...Governors, in turn, pledged to promote two of Bush's favorite nostrums: freedom for parents to choose which public schools their children attend, and "alternative certification" for career switchers who move into teaching. Bush and the Governors also agreed on the need for school "restructuring," which generally means letting individual schools be run by teachers, principals and parents rather than by bureaucrats in district headquarters or state capitals...
...televised media event on the eve of celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was the most public step yet in the grooming of Jiang, 63, to succeed 85-year-old party patriarch Deng Xiaoping. When Jiang, the mayor of Shanghai, was selected in June to replace ousted General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, most Chinese were surprised. An engineer who lacks both a political power base and ties to the increasingly influential military, Jiang was considered a seat warmer ultimately destined for lesser things...
...While public agencies concentrate on special-needs children, private agencies remain the traditional vehicle for finding healthy infants. These have historically been clubby, starched places; singles were not at the top of the selection list, nor interracial, gay, handicapped or older couples. While their policies are gradually changing -- especially in helping place older or special-needs kids -- many still primarily serve a specific religious group...