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...refinery center on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay, Gladys Parks, 76, and her husband Bruce, 81, have seen the city go from white to black, then to Hispanic and Asian, and finally to mixed-white again on the gentrifying edge of the city. Bruce, a Stockton-born "prune picker," as native Californians are called, recalls having real misgivings when the "coloreds" first came to town during World War II. Today he and Gladys call the black family next door the best neighbors they've ever had. They've become such friends with their Chicano gardener that they...
Days after settling into her office, Richards began to prune and energize the bloated bureaucracy and "make government mean something in people's lives." She quickly imposed a hiring freeze and pushed a sweeping audit of state operations to eliminate such excesses as the 16 separate agencies that deliver health and human services, including the several panels that administer Medicaid to the poor...
...answer, in part, is that despite the higher stakes involved in a military venture, the President, Congress and the American people find it easier to embark on a foreign crusade than to agree on solutions to complex domestic problems. Any attempt to raise taxes or prune an established domestic program, no matter how costly, ineffectual or obsolete, raises howls of outrage from those it benefits. Bush is experienced and confident on international relations. The issue and the threat to U.S. interests in the gulf are clear. On domestic affairs, he holds few strong personal views. Having transformed himself from...
...known species of the family Formicidae make up from 10% to 15% of the world's animal biomass, the total weight of all fauna. They are the most dominant social insect in the world, found almost everywhere except in the polar regions. Ants turn more soil than earthworms; they prune, weed and police most of the earth's carrion. Among the most gregarious of creatures, they are equipped with a sophisticated chemical communications system. To appreciate the strength and speed of this pesky invertebrate, consider that a leaf cutter the size of a man could run repeated four-minute miles...
...their authority to control what takes place inside the schoolhouse. The ruling, they fear, could place many schools in a difficult bind: it could pressure them to open their doors to all kinds of advocacy groups -- contentious pro-life and pro-choice clubs, for example -- or force them to prune down the range of extracurricular activities and eliminate popular groups like drama clubs and community-service clubs. Either way, education may not necessarily come out the winner...