Word: institutionalizing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Environmentalists must share part of the blame: they have not offered a coherent plan of action either domestically or internationally. Admits Lester Brown, president of the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute: "The agenda is fairly confused. A number of environmental groups have grown up independently, with their own memberships, their own...
One night when Todd Chimura was 15, his 13-year-old girlfriend was strangled in a Seattle park. "After that," Chimura, now 22, recalls sadly, "I stayed , drunk for about five years." He took his meals at a city trash container and rotated in and out of county medical clinics...
The spotlight of glasnost has also penetrated the KGB under its chairman, Vladimir Kryuchkov. Public testimonials by past and present agents detailing the KGB's corruption and oppression have tarnished the organization's already poor image. But having the KGB oversee the distribution of vital food supplies in a time...
The 6600 block of South Ellis Avenue anchors one of Chicago's scarier neighborhoods. Students who attend the Alexandre Dumas Elementary School located there have had their $100 Nike sneakers stolen off their feet on the way to class in the morning. Drugs are everywhere. "It's a constant battle...
The fact that Dumas is all black matters little to students and parents. What matters is that, unlike many schools, it is trying to be excellent. "As a black American, I want the best education money can buy at this school," says Peggie Bartlett, president of the Dumas local school...