Word: gephardts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...speech before the packed audience, Gephardt listed three main obstacles to democracy that could lead to a "decline in civility." He cited the troubled American public education system, the poor relationship between employers and employees and the lack of civic participation...
...There are profound, lasting changes which have occurred in the family," Gephardt said. "We send one-third less time with our children than a generation...
...Gephardt attributed this to the fact that two incomes are increasingly necessary in order for families...
Citing a statistic that half of juvenile crime occurs from 3 to 8 p.m., Gephardt argued that "children will not and cannot raise themselves...
...only institution that can deal with this, Gephardt said, is the public school system...