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...Republicans, led by the dormant Presidential campaign of Bob Dole, are once again trying to convince the American people that their agenda to reduce funding for Federal education programs and restrict access to higher education is the way to strengthen the country's educational system," said Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) in a speech on the House floor last month...
...push for stronger ethics in public and private life, a move which will not coincidentally require stronger control over the country's media and cultural life. The press, already under strict supervision, was exhorted to report in a more positive way, while the Party announced its intention to strengthen its "macro-control of press and publications." "After months of pushing an anti-American campaign," says TIME's Lewis Simons, "the authorities are simply widening their effort. This is the latest attempt to maintain control over the what information the population receives, and what it thinks. As more Chinese travel...
...disturbances may also strengthen Arafat in his dealings with the Israelis. Says al-Khatib: "It proves to the Israelis that he has certain cards to play if they continue to stall the peace process." Certainly Arafat was in no great hurry to squelch the uprising. On Wednesday Israeli security officials expressed frustration that he was not responding to their appeals to restore calm. On Thursday afternoon Arafat issued a call to his forces for restraint. But it was half-hearted, and the violence, though lessened, continued into Saturday. Netanyahu, once so resolutely standoffish, phoned Arafat asking for a meeting...
...fellowships for Abimbola and Eltis are funded by the Ford Foundation. According to the institute, the Ford Foundation is continuing its effort to strengthen Harvard's Afro-American Studies department by funding these two senior African scholars
Questioning his patient, Bayne finally deduced that a prescription drug she was taking had caused her heart to slow, decreasing the flow of oxygen to her brain and sending her into a faint. That settled, he administered a stimulant called atropine to strengthen her heartbeat. Total elapsed time from pew to recovery: eight minutes, just about as long as it would have taken to get her to the emergency room in an ambulance...