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...seeking a public relations gesture, a formal rooting out of sin. But the issue is the First Amendment bond with the public. Plagiarism imperils that bond, not because it involves theft of a wry phrase or piquant quote, but because it devalues meticulous, independent verification of fact -- the bedrock of a press worth reading...
Bush tends to speak about territorial integrity as though it were an absolute good and instability as though it were nearly the ultimate evil. These propositions made more sense as part of the bedrock of American policy when regional conflicts could escalate to global war, but that danger is past...
What is going on here? For millions of retirees, a pension, along with the requisite gold watch, is a tacit reward for a lifetime of company loyalty, a bedrock foundation against poverty in old age. Suddenly, though, employees and retirees of some of America's largest corporations fear that the pensions they were counting on may not be there when they need them. If Executive Life's failure is not frightening enough for Americans, some 50 large companies, including LTV, Chrysler, Bethlehem Steel and Uniroyal Goodrich, have seriously underfunded their pension plans and jeopardized the security of their own retirees...
...moved there. In the same period, the region led the nation in creating new factory jobs -- nearly 2,500 a year -- while employment in the service sector increased 137.9%. Tupperware and Martin Marietta have been in Orlando for 40 years, but they have recently been joined by other bedrock institutions like Westinghouse, the American Automobile Association...
...most of American history, the educational system has reflected and reinforced bedrock beliefs of the larger society. Now a troubling number of teachers at all levels regard the bulk of American history and heritage as racist, sexist and classist and believe their purpose is to bring about social change -- or, on many campuses, to enforce social changes already achieved...