Word: waco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What is happening now in the breakaway republic of Chechnya [WORLD, Dec. 6] is similar to what happened in Waco, Texas, in 1993. In both cases a group of extremists was trying to undermine the authority of the established government. How can anyone condone the fbi's moves at Waco and at the same time condemn the actions of Russia in Chechnya? JOHN ZACHARIAS Scunthorpe, England
...Sommer, producer of the controversial, Oscar-nominated documentary Waco: The Rules of Engagement: "The next best thing to a hidden camera is to make sure that you have a camera person who can shoot and run at the same time. It's a little ironic that a Republican war hero is in trouble with the authorities. Maybe the 2000 race is getting interesting after...
...quell such worries, some educators and policymakers are embracing more comprehensive sex education. Waco public schools, which comprise the largest school district in McLennan County, declined the federal and state grant money for abstinence-only education and opted instead for a curriculum that includes information about contraceptives. Some schools in Minnesota have a dual-track sex-ed system, in which parents choose between an abstinence-only class and one that includes instruction in other ways of preventing pregnancy and STDs. And in Missouri and California, new laws require sex education to be "medically accurate" in portraying the effectiveness of contraceptives...
...some point during Susan Faludi's epic journey into the heart of American manhood, Mike McNulty, maker of a documentary film about Waco, Texas, told her, "If you want to see what's happening in the stream of our society, go to the edges and look at what's happening there, and then you begin to have an understanding--if you know how a stream works--of what's going on in the middle...
...Memo to Waco conspiracy theorists: get over it! The guilt for all that occurred at Waco rests squarely on the heads of Koresh and his followers. Had they surrendered to authorities and fought the charges against them in the courts, we would not still be dealing with this nonsense. The Branch Davidians caused the fires, they caused the death of their children, and they must accept the consequences of their actions. SCOTT ZONA Miami...