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...Merit Schools and Magnet Schools of Excellence $325million .Alternative certification programs $25million .Awards for Excellence in education $7.6million .Endowment grants for historically Black colleges and universities $15million .National Science Scholarship program $5million .Bilingual education $31million .Programs to combat adult illiteracy $226million .Grants for educating the handicapped $1.9million .Chapter 1 grants for disadvantaged children $5million Total request by the Bush Administration $24.6million
There is too much careless repetition (three different sets of "mammary hills," two sightings of "debutramps with trust funds"). The heroine, when despondent, listens to legendary blues singer Bessie Smith; the title, Any Woman's Blues, is from a Smith song. Chapter headings included, Smith's name is dropped 24 times. As the legendary blues singer once said, "Oh, shut...
...Arutyunovs' tale is but one chapter in the harrowing chronicle that emerged from Baku last week. An Armenian resident told how a group of hooligans used crowbars to try to break down her sheet-metal door. When that tactic failed, they threatened to pour gasoline through the mail slot and set the place on fire. "I knew it was time to leave," said the woman between sobs. "I have nothing left now but my apartment keys...
Barry's brief statement was the latest chapter in an unfolding drama that has riveted the nation's capital since the mayor was arrested on drug charges last Thursday night...
...INDIGO (Antilles). Once touted as Charlie Parker's heir apparent, alto saxman Frank Morgan seemingly blew it all on a life of hard drugs, thievery and frequent jail terms. Released from prison in 1985, Morgan, now 56, launched a storybook comeback -- of which this outstanding album is the latest chapter. Ably joined on two tracks by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, Morgan's soulful, driving sax proves that for a battle-scarred jazz veteran, playing well is the best revenge...