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...trumpeted during the Houston convention -- would provide government aid to middle-income and poor families who want to send children to private schools, including church institutions. Clinton's program is limited to public schools. Quayle and Robertson charged last week that Clinton is beholden to the teachers' unions, which rank high in conservative demonology because they ostensibly peddle "humanism" in classrooms...
...people of Oregon. Blessed with a long history of social-policy experimentation, they attacked the problem with almost heartbreaking earnestness. Beginning in 1983, they assembled doctors, businessmen and labor leaders for marathon discussions about how to distribute the state's limited resources. They built elaborate computer models to help rank medical procedures by cost effectiveness. They held 47 town meetings to thrash out the rules by which medical priorities would be set, and then followed up with a random telephone survey of 1,000 households to make sure citizens agreed with the resulting proposal. Finally, they submitted for Washington...
Amidst cloth-covered cubicles in the Widener Library basement--far from the official negotiating rooms--three rank-and-file members of the Harvard Union of Clerical and technical Workers members are debating the tactics of this summer's negotiations...
...talent has ripened that Evans didn't qualify for this year's team in the 400-m individual medley, an event in which she won gold four years ago. Overall, U.S. women stand a good chance of winning a record-tying 11 of 15 events, and eight team members rank as at least co-favorites in one or more individual races. For the first time in decades, the U.S. women are more formidable than the U.S. men, who have long dominated the sport. Says freestyler Jenny Thompson, who may win five medals: "It's O.K. if people expect...
...their petite charm, Americans Kim Zmeskal and Shannon Miller rank with the world's toughest...