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This fact hunt, while somewhat insane, is also perfectly understandable--and even laudable--in the context of what's broadly understood to be the press's mandate to gather information with rigorous impartiality.
The Los Angeles Times and New York Times lead with the University of California's disclosure that as a result of Proposition 209's mandate to abandon affirmative action in admissions, the new freshman classes at its two most selective schools, Berkeley and UCLA, will have far fewer minority students than in the recent past.
Since the 1980 release of its Mandate for Leadership , a detailed program for the incoming Reagan administration that the Reagan administration actually took seriously, Heritage has played a central role in setting not only the broad conservative agenda but also the details of legislation.
So, the House voted to undo the "damage" by allowing states to mandate the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools and other public facilities.
The LAT says Madeleine Albright wrapped up her whirlwind tour of the Mideast and Europe without winning a united mandate from U.S. allies to launch what could well be the most punishing military strike against Iraq since Desert Storm.