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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Issues 2000: TIME Issues Briefing: Social Security | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Issues 2000: TIME Issues Briefing: Social Security | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...TIME: What more can you do to free your brother Raul, who is in jail for murder? SALINAS: I believe that the first accusation (of murder) for which he is so weak. The judge said there is no motive, no direct accusation, that the main witness was bribed by the authorities with half a million dollars, that his testimony is hearsay, that he tends to lie, and that he's a drug user --but I believe him, the judge said. And based on that testimony my brother was sentenced to 50 years in jail. The planting of a body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview With Carlos Salinas De Gotari | 10/8/2000 | See Source »

...reforms") Gore's plan simply suggests, not requires, that schools test their students at least twice during the entirety of their school years. In contrast, the Bush education initiative requires that states test their students each year to ensure quality education at every grade level. Gore's weak-hearted proposal leaves a dangerous time gap between optional testing, allowing standards of learning to plummet dramatically with no means of catching the fall until at least four years later. Under the Bush plan, performance problems can be discerned and strengthened within the year, assuring an environment of success, not mediocrity...

Author: By Robert R. Porter and Heather A. Woodruff, S | Title: Leave No Child Behind | 10/3/2000 | See Source »

...famously sharp-fanged Gore that bared his teeth the most, having apparently decided beforehand on Bush's big weak spot: his tax cut and how much of the surplus Bush was handing to "the wealthiest one percent." (About $600 billion that Gore wants to spread around instead, to Medicare, education, paying down the debt. Wealthiest one percent. Medicare, education, paying down the debt. Repeat as necessary, and Gore did.) SEE IT: slow modem | fast modem | broadband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Beantown Bout Is Close Enough for Bush | 10/3/2000 | See Source »

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