Sunday, March 16, 1997 To read a story, HIGHLIGHT headline and click READ. Running scared A desperation move COLUMN: Thomas Mitchell Author documents natural origins of toxic gases Youthful local concrete artist draws internationa... Avoiding waste COLUMN: Ralston ----------END-----------
	Click on the small cartoon to see a full-size version (45k).	A desperation move Bill Clinton's Education Secretary Richard Riley was making the rounds on Capitol Hill last week, hawking the president's costly little brainstorm called "America Reads Challenge."       Mr. Clinton's goal is to ensure that all American kids are able to read by the time they finish the third grade -- a modest expectation, to be sure. (In an earlier age, third graders would have been reading actual literature, not struggling with Dick and Jane, or Heather Has Two Mommies, but never mind.) FULL TEXT Running scared After some vigorous arm-twisting by the AFL-CIO and the American Association of Retired Persons, President Clinton has backed away from a plan to adjust the inflation index so that it reflects economic reality.       What's at issue is the Consumer Price Index -- the federal inflation gauge compiled by the Labor Department. Every year, the federal government uses that index to calculate how much of an increase in monthly benefits each of the nation's 60 million Social Security recipients will receive. FULL TEXT
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