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...goes further: it is phasing in a program that by 1990 will allow students to attend virtually any public school in the state so long as the move does not harm desegregation efforts. Earlier this year, Arkansas, Iowa, Ohio and Nebraska adopted similar plans; eleven other states are moving toward choice. But it is unclear how many families will take advantage of such freedom: in Minnesota only 3,800 children -- less than 1% of the state's student population -- asked to cross district lines this fall...
...pessimism descends over a land haunted by shadows and fears, rumors and bad dreams, there is no obvious leader to guide Cambodia toward a more sane solution. The capricious Sihanouk, who ruled in the 1950s and '60s, stands as a symbol of better times. But his erratic behavior in recent months has baffled Cambodians and international observers alike as he has bounced between conciliation with Hun Sen and collaboration with the Khmer Rouge. Son Sann maintains links with a second guerrilla force whose disciplined units are outnumbered by troops preoccupied with smuggling and black-market trading. And the Khmer Rouge...
...owners? For one thing, mergers in general are risky propositions; an estimated 50% of domestic U.S. takeovers later end in divestitures. When a foreign business attempts a long- distance marriage with a U.S. company, the obstacles to success rise even higher. One problem is the ambivalence of U.S. workers toward their foreign bosses. More than 75% of U.S. adults surveyed in a poll conducted last spring for a group of Japanese firms agreed that foreign acquisitions have boosted U.S. economic growth, employment and competitiveness. Nonetheless, nearly 75% viewed the increased foreign presence as undesirable...
...poor in quality, provincial and British in nature with little articles about the soccer team in South Wales." Friction grew to the point that Blue Arrow tried to fire Fromstein, but in a battle for control he wound up in charge of the combined company. Local animosity toward Blue Arrow was so pervasive that Milwaukee's major league baseball team, the Brewers, flashed the news of Fromstein's victory on the scoreboard during a home game...
Fallen dictators age badly, even in Hawaii. Toward the end, Ferdinand Marcos, once overlord of the Philippines, had become a joke. He mumbled that he was living on charity, but visitors to his rented $2.5 million residence $ outside Honolulu saw the dozen servants, the 30 bodyguards and the chauffeured limousine. His wife Imelda was a regular at posh local shops and every now and then gave in to the temptation to show off her finery -- except for new shoes...