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...years that have intervened between his first and second speeches at the sight have seen the issue of family values move from the exclusive province of the right wing to a place squarely in the center of the American political scene. Listen to Jesse Jackson. Listen to Marian Wright Edelman. These pillars of the Left now make speeches that are in many ways indistinguishable--in substance, if not style--from those of Quayle and William Bennett, perhaps the leading commentator on the American crisis of values...
...fact, that Brown crew won everything in sight last season. The Bears won at Sprints, Nationals and the Henley Regutta in England. Adding insult to injury, Brown blew out Harvard by more than seven seconds in a dual-meet held at Providence...
...advent of AIDS demolished that thinking. The sight of tens of thousands of young people wasting away from a virus that no one had known about and no one knew how to fight was a sobering experience -- especially when drugs proved powerless to stop the virus and efforts to develop a vaccine proved extraordinarily difficult. Faced with AIDS, and with an ever increasing number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, doctors were forced to admit that the medical profession was actually retreating in the battle against germs...
...rebel movement in famine-stricken Sudan. To make the trip, Carter had taken a leave from the Weekly Mail and borrowed money for the air fare. Immediately after their plane ) touched down in the village of Ayod, Carter began snapping photos of famine victims. Seeking relief from the sight of masses of people starving to death, he wandered into the open bush. He heard a soft, high-pitched whimpering and saw a tiny girl trying to make her way to the feeding center. As he crouched to photograph her, a vulture landed in view. Careful not to disturb the bird...
...make 11 million Cubans -- everyone except Castro -- suffer." He complains that his organization cannot get Washington's ear because it has less money and political influence than Mas Canosa. "He is promoting the destruction of Cuba," says Menoyo, "so he can go in after Castro, buy everything in sight and declare himself President...