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The beauty of this country is that something called the American Dream is still true. It attracts the best scientists and engineers from all over the world. That is why America is the world's strongest nation. Unfortunately, the door is closing because the average Joes and Janes are told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 28, 1999 | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

Requiring students to pass tests in order to be promoted to the next grade hardly guarantees that they're getting a better education. Because many teachers feel compelled to "teach to the test," students may learn to pass the gateway exam but be left without the skills needed to progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Held Back | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

The Newman brothers--Alfred, Emil and Lionel, prolific composers from Hollywood's golden middle age--would have every reason to be proud of their nephew Randy. This year he was nominated for Oscars in three categories: dramatic score (for Pleasantville), musical or comedy score (A Bug's Life) and song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bad Love Is Good News | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

I looked for answers among the novels and poems I have read and discussed over the past few years; works filled with angst-ridden protagonists of privileged education, disillusioned but well-meaning idealists in search of greater Truth and Beauty. Were we like Quentin Compson, confused, disenchanted rowers ultimately propelled...

Author: By Abby Y. Fung, | Title: Expecting the Best From the Best | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

After working for three years as an assistantU.S. Attorney, Lumbard was named an assistant tofuture Supreme Court Justice John Harlan in anspecial prosecutor's investigation ofsewage-construction kickbacks in Queens, initiatedby Gov. Alfred E. Smith.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Judge J. Edward Lumbard Dies at 97 | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

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