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...conceived that each day of the year, school children and civic leaders alike can come and speak of peace and understanding. We have joined to honor a fallen patriot who helped lift the burden of sanctioned bigotry from one group and the burden of hypocrisy from another. To combat the bigotry and hypocrisy that remain we must challenge ourselves to be so dedicated. At this memorial, our citizens can pledge themselves to the unfinished causes of peace and freedom that King so nobly advanced...
...Front there may be no lesser evil. But the most important issue is, Should we watch unconcerned the emergence of what could be another Khomeini in the world's most volatile region? If the answer is no, then it is high time Western powers took more concrete actions to combat the mad dogs who slaughter innocent people. Governments must realize before it is too late that there is another Iran or Iraq lurking around the corner, and that could spell catastrophe for our fragile world. Samuel O. Adenekan Winson Green, England...
...expected later this week. If confirmed by the Senate, Carns would be the first military officer to run the agency since Navy Adm. Stansfield Turner held the post during the Carter Administration. TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller says the choice of Carns--a Harvard MBA, veteran of 200 combat missions in Vietnam and the Air Force's vice chief of staff until last year--took most Beltway insiders by surprise. But, Waller adds, Carns's reputation as "a low-key, effective manager, a very quick study and a take-charge kind of guy" already sounds good to congressional leaders...
Many proposals to combat grade inflation have been tossed around, but the only one that is currently being considered is the addition of classes' mean grades to transcripts. The proposal, however, has been much criticized and stalled before the Committee on Undergraduate Education...
...historically involved things like buyingprinted pornography or visiting the Combat Zone inBoston, renting movies, prostitution," Glennmullensaid yesterday. "In recent years it has taken newforms...