Article Listing
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Just what is the Carlyle Group?
April 5, 2002The name “Carlyle Group” has been cropping up a lot lately in news stories in connection with arms deals and the powerful interests involved in making those deals. But little is known about the group –...
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Edison is not the solution
April 5, 2002The following is testimony delivered to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission on March 26. Good afternoon. My name is Dennis Barnebey. I am a 30-year veteran teacher with the School District of Philadelphia and a parent...
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Town Hall meet focuses on welfare reform
April 5, 2002NEW HAVEN, Conn. – “When the President is planning to increase the work requirement from 32 hours to 40 hours, he better also provide funding for child care,” Lissette Martinez told a Town Hall Meeting on...
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Im not a woman, Im a hell-raiser
April 5, 2002A leader, according to one woman, is a hell-raiser. By that definition, the poor Irish woman born Mary Harris, who became the childless widow Mary Jones, then self-transformed into the organizer Mother Jones, was just that...
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Letters
April 5, 2002Redefinitions The article titled “Human toll in Afghanistan” (2/16) was excellent. I especially liked the quote from McDaniels about redefining what is meant by security. I am going to use this redefinition when I’m talking to...
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