Word: weeks
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...huge irony, considering that 92% of blacks slapped aside Bush's claim to be a different kind of Republican and voted against him. Even more of them would have done so if they hadn't run into alleged harassment at polling places - obstacles that the N.A.A.C.P. charged last week were the result of a plot to deny blacks their voting rights in Florida and four other states...
...That's why it's so urgent to know who that third Cabinet choice might be. Last week sources involved in the transition floated the name of William Gray, a Democratic former Congressman from Philadelphia who now heads the United Negro College Fund, as a possible Secretary of Education. One big reason: the fund has been a favorite Bush-family charity since the days of W.'s grandfather Prescott. But when I talked to Gray last week, he made it clear that he's not interested. He is opposed to key elements of Bush's education-reform proposals, especially vouchers...
...state's Senate leader cried whoa. Is this merely a show of sagacious dissent, to derail charges of railroading, or is there real dissension in the ranks? Cheney has perfected the shrug on this issue, but he might consider a loud plea for the local folks to wait a week - the last thing Bush needs right now is another reason to look illegitimate. (Next-to-last: the emerging GOP fight for a hand recount in New Mexico...
...work force. Amid the hot economy of recent years, a larger group of men - especially those from lower-income families - might be heading straight from high school into fields like aircraft mechanics and telephone- and power-line repair that pay an average of $850 a week rather than taking on a load of college debt. Some social critics blame a dearth of male role models among schoolteachers, and a culture that promotes anti-intellectualism among boys. And, especially in inner cities, crime and gangs entice more boys than girls away from learning...
General Augusto Pinochet has accepted political responsibility for the atrocities committed by his military junta. Now he may be forced to take personal responsibility. Less than a week after Pinochet issued a statement spun by his handlers as an acceptance of political responsibility for crimes committed by the armed forces during his 17-year reign, a Chilean judge on Friday charged Pinochet with kidnapping. The general is expected to be placed under house arrest shortly, and to go to court to answer charges arising out of the 1973 "caravan of death" - the series of incidents in which some 70 political...