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Earth Day: Can We Talk?
Environment Op-Ed
By: Erin Schiller
4.22.1998

Economics and the environment almost always seem at odds. Yet the improvements in environmental quality throughout the United States over the past 25 years demonstrate that not only can economic growth and environmental improvements coincide, but economic growth is the most important prerequisite to a cleaner and healthier environment.
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Kyoto Agreement Would Spell Disaster to Families and Communities in California
Press Release
4.16.1998

According to the preliminary findings of a study to be released next month by the Pacific Research Institute and The National Consumer Coalition under the auspices of Consumer Alert, enactment of the Kyoto Protocol would spell disaster to the citizens of California.
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California’s Top Campuses Start Playing Fair
Education Op-Ed
By: Katherine Post
4.13.1998

The University of California recently released its admissions data for the fall 1998 freshman class, the first admitted under the color-blind mandate of the state’s Proposition 209.
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Environmental Quality Improving
Press Release
4.8.1998

San Francisco – "Contrary to public opinion, environmental quality has improved dramatically over the last 20 years," concludes the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) in the new report, Index of Leading Environmental Indicators. "Both the U.S. and Canada are showing improvements in environmental performance in almost every major category."
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Legislative Analyst's Office Call for School Choice
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
4.7.1998

Over the last few weeks, there's been good news and bad news on the education front. First, the bad news. According to figures just released by the California State University system, the number of freshmen needing remedial instruction is now at an all-time high.
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California’s files on radical groups may be unsealed
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
4.3.1998

Skeletons from the radical past may soon stalk Californians if the state chooses to open the files of its own committee on “un-American activities.”
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Checchi gets a lesson in ethnic politics
4.2.1998

At the state Democratic convention last month, Al Checchi made quite a splash by hiring the Los Lobos rock band for his private rock concert.


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Will Lawyers Kill Capitalism?
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
4.1.1998

"Sometimes a lawsuit is no better than blackmail or theft," says Al Dunlap, chairman ad CEO of Sunbeam Corp. The never-shy Dunlap was addressing this question: Will lawyers destroy capitalism? His sparring partner was William Lerach, senior partner of Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, which specializes in class action securities litigation.
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