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Councillor Timothy P. Toomey Jr., said the second reading--which cannot happen until the June 5 meeting--will offer the chance for the public to speak on the matter...
...actually distract from the business of learning. And then there are those education analysts who have raised fears that uniforms could in fact accentuate the chasm between the haves and the have-nots. "It's very hard, especially in poor areas, to mandate school uniforms because some families simply cannot afford the required clothes," says TIME education writer Jodie Morse. With an eye on parity, some districts offer concessions to students who can't pay for the pleated skirts or pants - a sorry compromise that could feed the same cliquish tendencies uniforms are meant to dissipate...
...this point Putin wants no part of any tinkering with the ABM treaty, fearing that it would open the door to a larger U.S. shield than Clinton says he wants to deploy, which Moscow cannot afford to match and which would threaten its nuclear deterrence. He has warned Clinton that Russia will abandon all arms-control treaties if the U.S. builds a national missile defense...
...sporting events. Although sport is one of Dyke's priorities, he has already ruled out paying the vast sums being demanded to broadcast England's top Premier League football games live--the price is expected to be more than double the $1.18 billion broadcasters paid in 1996. "We cannot just collect money from license payers to give it to footballers," he said. Rupert Murdoch-controlled, pay-TV group British Sky Broadcasting, which invested more than $1 billion for the rights to broadcast 60 live games each season through 2000-01, is determined to keep Premier League football...
...small-business owners. According to the NFIB, 60% of the 44.3 million Americans without health insurance are entrepreneurs, their families and employees. One reason is the high cost of state-mandated insurance plans, which can require small firms to buy broad insurance policies with pricey offerings most entrepreneurs cannot afford. To help alleviate the problem, many small firms want to band together to form association health plans with national bargaining power. A bill proposed by Republican Representative James Talent of Missouri would allow this and make small business exempt from mandates too. But AHPs have strong opposition from large insurers...