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Germany's highest court ruled that the country's armed forces may take part in international missions such as the Persian Gulf war if a parliamentary majority agrees to the deployment. The move should strengthen Germany's campaign for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council...
...office in White Plains, Tomaino has a miniature Zen garden, a meditative sculpture and all sorts of other items to help tense patients relax. Since many people with ADHD also have learning disabilities, she tests each patient and then often uses computer programs to strengthen weak areas. But most important is helping people define their goals and take orderly steps to reach them. Whether working with a stockbroker or a homemaker, she says, "I teach adults basic rewards and goals. For instance, you can't go out to lunch until you've cleaned the kitchen...
...additional election commissioners to outvote his decisions, but the embattled commissioner won a supreme court injunction preventing the action. Next, Congress hit on the strategy of a constitutional amendment. V.C. Shukla, Rao's Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, argued that the reason was merely that "we want to strengthen democratic norms." But that did not wash. Said Upendra Baxi, a constitutional expert: "This is an attempt to emasculate the institution whose mission is to hold free and fair elections." Voters seemed to agree. A Times of India poll last week revealed that 62% of respondents believed Congress's motive...
...reinvent whole aspects of American public and private life. Behind all the bureaucratic tinkering is a moral campaign against illegitimacy, aimed at persuading poor people to become stable, self-supporting workers before they become parents. If this crusade works, its supporters promise, it could do more to fight crime, strengthen families, and rebuild the fabric of the inner cities than any other antipoverty program on the table...
...needed reform in order to save money. But the current crusade proves that the most powerful motives lie elsewhere. Tightfisted Republicans are prepared to spend more; large majorities of voters are willing to spend more, so long as the money is going to support the values and programs that strengthen families and community life. As enraging as the stories of fraud and waste may be, what has saddened most people is the evidence that a program designed with the best of intentions -- to help those most in need -- could end up doing them so much harm. Spending more money...