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...financial resources of school districts. The result is the short-changing of students who qualify for neither the gifted programs nor the developmentally delayed programs. These middle-of-the-road children will be the backbone of American society in the next 20 years. They will be the technicians who repair our vehicles and computers. Public schools must return to a pragmatic approach to education. JACK JENKINS Las Cruces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 5, 1998 | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

Another diver enters the pub with a glazed smile that might be exhaustion or maybe the relief of seeing someone else who knows what's down there. "This is my best friend," says Poirier, hugging Richard Lafreniere, 35. Ordinarily they train to repair battle-damaged ships and clear mines. There is no training for what they're doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches from the Grave | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

Thirty years ago, Harvard Square shops catered to the working-class. Launderettes and shoe repair shops abounded...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Square's Tastes: A Revolving Door | 9/22/1998 | See Source »

Throughout his career in public service, Bachrach has been an articulate proponent of increasing education spending to repair crumbling schools, lower class size and fund programs for three- and four-year-olds to start school early...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bachrach for Congress | 9/15/1998 | See Source »

...ended by putting the onus back on us, asking us to "turn away from the spectacle," "repair the fabric of our national discourse," "return our attention to all the challenges and all the promise of the next American century"--a series of thinly veiled imperatives, the scolding teacher again blaming us for having shown an interest in scandal, as if we had fueled the investigation. As if without us or Ken Starr, there would have been no problem...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: It's Really About Time | 9/11/1998 | See Source »

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