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Labor Secretary Robert Reich accepts Murray and Herrnstein's expectation that a technological society will give its highest pay to people who have mastered its complex tasks but rejects their scenario of a genetically determined class structure. "There is a great deal of experimental data showing that education and training have significant effects on future earnings," says Reich. "I'm afraid ((their ideas)) will give solace to those in our society who are looking for every excuse to do less and less for those who are less fortunate...
Which will be an even more dismal scenario this time around. The Almanac says it's going to be a tough than usual few months ahead for us, and for both the American sportsman and the American fan, it's destined to be a much tougher grind from November through February...
...drove his troops out of Kuwait and kindled a holocaust of as many as 100,000 Iraqis. Last week Saddam gave hints he wanted a rematch, massing 64,000 troops, including two Republican Guard units, on the Kuwaiti border. "It's pretty much the same scenario that unfolded two weeks before he invaded Kuwait," noted a senior Clinton Administration official. "It's unlikely they could reach Kuwait City, but they could certainly get across the border...
...part, Clinton tried to appear perplexed by all the maneuvering. "I've never come to the end of a full congressional session before," he said, "so for all I know this often happens." Such confusion might be charming if it weren't so disingenuous. For there is another, darker scenario possible: the election results could make it harder for Clinton to win passage of the measure in November, which could kill the treaty altogether. Even if the Democrats don't lose the Senate and the House outright, Republicans are virtually certain to gain effective control of both chambers, particularly...
...recent elections for our much-criticized student government (a.k.a. the Undergraduate Council) are definitely troubling. Without concocting some imaginative and entertaining scandal scenario, we merely refer to the numbers...