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Harvard, it seemed, breathed a collective sigh of relief when it was announced last semester by Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles that the ineffective and stagnant Core program would finally be examined. But months later, it appears that we may be disappointed. Quite simply, Core reform is not shaping up to be the substantive overhaul that is needed to properly educate Harvard undergraduates...
...Aryan Nations Founder Richard Butler. Buchanan stood by his manager, quickly calling a press conference where he relayed Pratt's denial of the allegations, and said he believed Pratt. "Buchanan will try to keep attention away from Pratt and focused on his themes of national economic problems and stagnant wages that have played well in New Hampshire," says TIME's Nina Burleigh. For a candidate already hounded by new Dole ads charging that his views are too extreme, that may not be easy...
...flat tax--a single, 17% rate on all income above a generous personal exemption, and no deductions--lies in its apparent simplicity and its promise to close loopholes for the wealthy and well connected. The proposal has economic appeal as well: a simpler tax code could boost middle Americans' stagnant incomes, in part by freeing much of the $80 billion-plus that individuals and businesses now spend each year on tax compliance and avoidance...
...under 440,000 in 1995. John Challenger, however, sees a "real risk that the pace is picking up and will surge in 1996." The AT&T layoffs point to more in telecommunications, he says. In addition, "more bank mergers mean more layoffs. And the retail industry is hurting" after stagnant Christmas sales...
...than any other single person, Newt Gingrich has brought about this historic reversal of roles. In the process, he has just about finished off the political consensus initiated 60 years ago by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Gingrich's success was fed by the smoldering anger of a nation suffering from stagnant wages, chronic overspending by the Federal Government, the failure of the public schools, the decline of public decency and the stubborn inability of the American underclass to rise out of poverty. He bundled up these anxieties cleverly, even brilliantly, and set them ablaze. "I want to encourage...