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America's economic problems are obviously far less extreme than the Soviet Union's. So are the steps needed to correct them. Yet America seems equally paralyzed. More so, in a way: the Soviet crisis is partly one of transition from a half-abandoned old system. The U.S. has no such excuse...
...Congressman's failure to agree with him on a range of issues, Novak suddenly snapped, "Where's your American-flag lapel pin?" Never mind that young Kennedy has chosen to serve his nation on a full-time basis, he wasn't, in the conservative columnist's eyes, patriotically correct...
...Education Lauro Cavazos to his office and giving him the heave-ho for the greater glory of Bush, who stayed away from the execution. Perhaps the power these men are given breeds in some ways the arrogance that leads them into trouble. There is only one man who can correct it: the President...
...action and conscience; a society more open to newcomers than any so far known. American law and custom have blended diverse groups more successfully than any other community. Further, we have in common a system that -- for all its serious flaws and < injustices -- has shown an unprecedented ability to correct itself. Certainly we must become more aware of other cultures and their contributions. But the top priority should be to equip children for life in the modern world, to preserve and expand the unity America needs to function better, for the sake of all, and to avoid the destructive effects...
...fuel in mid-1993. Meanwhile, the new satellites, like so many NASA products, have run into trouble: they are $500 million over budget and three years late, and they have developed a mysterious flaw that makes their temperature soundings unexpectedly weak. A race is on to correct the problem, but if the old satellite dies before a new one is launched, the U.S. will lose its ability to monitor broad weather patterns across the country, a situation NWS director Elbert ("Joe") Friday calls "a national emergency...