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Cramer, re-elected with only a 1% margin in 1994, has felt the pinch of the Republican vise and reined in some of his liberal tendencies. Though the g.o.p. has targeted Cramer as vulnerable, it still must contend with his high-achieving freshman year: construction of a superhighway (the "corridor of prosperity"); funding for the Keller Memorial Bridge; and battling to preserve weather-radar coverage for northern Alabama and a strong space program...
Ultraconservative Muldoon emphasizes the need to revive religion and stop the "moral decay" of the country. He captured primary voters with his spirited speeches, ridiculing Rick Boucher's high-tech expertise, saying, "the information superhighway is a great thing, but you can't drive on it." Instead, he wants to build roads and infrastructure to lead business into southwest Virginia. His energy seems potent, but Muldoon faces a formidable opponent...
...century. His plan for education focuses on tax breaks for college tuition and literacy for America's children. Unfortunately, the highlight of his record only amounts to a Department of Education flyer introducing school uniforms. To frame his proposals, Clinton invokes the education panacea, otherwise known as the information superhighway...
Right now, America has more pressing needs: better infrastructure, more teachers and still more textbooks. We can ill afford to pour precious money into technology that educators have not yet mastered. Yes, the information superhighway is a blessing. But not when it foolishly misdirects our scarce resources...
...that afflicts the black community on racist government plots. But this time it is not so easy to write off the talk as paranoid mumbo jumbo for two reasons: it springs, for once, from a credible source and is being spread via a new black lane on the information superhighway...