Word: reforms
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...distance, a tiny war: NYT checks in with the Reform party with an up-to-the-minute "battle for the soul of" piece. The showdown will go down in Long Beach this weekend, and the gathering "promises some sharp skirmishes." Hope it's not another bum steer...
...Buchanan in "Reform Party Smackdown...
...Russia, where Gore is particularly vulnerable since he personally presided over much of the relationship, Rice and others harshly criticize the administration's record. "Support for democracy and economic reform became support for Yeltsin," writes Rice. "The United States certified that reform was taking place where it was not, continuing to disburse money from the International Monetary Fund in the absence of any evidence of serious change. The curious privatization methods were hailed as economic liberalization; the looting of the country's assets by powerful people either went unnoticed or was ignored. The realities in Russia simply did not accord...
DIED. WILLIAM WHYTE, 86, reform-minded sociologist whose 1943 book on Italian-American gangs, Street Corner Society, became a best seller; in Ithaca, N.Y. A prolific and outspoken author, Whyte taught at Cornell University and, despite having suffered from polio, conducted extensive fieldwork...
...will work on education reform, as I have for the last five years. I'll probably also encourage history teaching in the schools. What I have focused on for the last five years is teaching reading according to what research shows to be effective. I've spent a lot of time visiting schools where this is being done with great success. Some schools in affluent communities: I was just at the Calvert School in Baltimore a few weeks ago, which is a private school that has children who come from wealthy families. And I have also been to Harvest Elementary...