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Some terrific new childrens books
February 15, 2008BOOKREVIEWRight now public libraries and local bookstores are featuring titles for African American history month, and next month they will be featuring titles on women’s history. Here are some new titles for children that you won’t...
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Letters – Feb. 16, 2008
February 15, 2008Re: Climate change, what’s the problem? David Zink’s thoughtful article falls short in several respects (PWW 1/26-2/1). First, the solutions he proposes are modest, indeed, and tragically, the first item in his list is “advanced nuclear...
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Puerto Ricos teachers fight for public education
February 15, 2008Puerto Rican teachers and their allies took to the streets of San Juan on Feb. 8 to protest the decertification of their union. The decertification happened in reaction to the union’s recent strike vote over the...
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Cuba, Brazil trade ideas, goods
February 15, 2008Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Cuba in mid-January. He and his ministers signed agreements with their Cuban counterparts relating to credit, technical exchanges, trade and energy. On Jan. 15 Lula spent almost three...
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Writers win some after 14-week strike
February 15, 2008Against enormous odds and with television and film writers united behind them, leaders of the Writers Guild of America have negotiated a contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers that amounts to a...
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