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...problem of South Africa through negotiation and recognizing each other as main players who would have to take the lead. MANDELA: I found Mr. De Klerk very positive, very bright, very confident of himself, and ready to accommodate the views I expressed. The National Party had announced a ((reform)) program in which they talked about ''group rights.'' I said to him, ''Look, this will introduce apartheid through the back door.'' He replied, ''Well, if you don't like it, then we'll scrap it.'' I smuggled a message to the A.N.C. leadership in Zambia and said, ''I think...
Ickes Joins White House Team Clinton named Harold Ickes, a New York labor lawyer and son of F.D.R.'s Secretary of the Interior, as his deputy chief of staff. Ickes will use his expertise as a tough political dealmaker to coordinate efforts to pass the President's health-care reform plan...
...they are designed to pass, not to be effective laws. Take, for example, Proposition 74 on Tuesday’s ballot, regarding public school teacher tenure. The Los Angeles Times calls it “sloppy work” and a “failure to write a true reform package.” A bill written by legislators, on the other hand, isn’t under pressure to pass on a single shot. It can be refined and amended with input and become a more effective piece of legislation.Despite its harsh criticisms, The Times still endorsed Proposition...
...present, the HCC is an insular and self-preserving arm of the UC. The outgoing Chairman picks his or her successor upon vacating the office. Unimpressively, the most recent watershed reform to the HCC was the election of commission members by the UC. Under this system, no member of the HCC is even marginally accountable to the student body in any meaningful...
...million uninsured citizens” and health care costs—which she said are double that of comparable nations—as national problems with far-reaching social and economic implications. Calling health care her “real passion,” she urged a reform of the nation’s health care system, aided by the increased leadership of women. After the speech, the audience peppered Stabenow with questions not only about the role of women in politics, but on issues ranging from the Supreme Court nomination process to the role of organized labor...