eorge Bush's love of the sea was made public again in Malta. where his launch vessel journeyed through choppy seas on his return to the U.s.s. Belknap. Perhaps a
nautical cover is then best to depict
PROFILES AND PERSPECTIVES:
President Bu sh 's likely encounters
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during his second year in the While
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SHOULD WE COPY JAPAN?
It should be acknowledged thai this new president genuinely enjoys his job.
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told the Forum, Mr. Bush likes making decisions. But the decisions are going to start getting more diffi cult. Eastern Europe 's
startling changes are raising new ques-
WHAT GEORGE BUSH SHOULD SAY IN THE STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE ..........•...•. • .••.•.••......10 HELPING A TROUBLED SCHOOL SYSTEM: Baltimore's Unique Approach
tions about o ur appropriate role in infl uencing the " new Europe." Budget c hoices also remain o ut standing . despi te the good news that real sav ings wi ll be real ized through defense reduc-
priorities, so th e Forum ha s put together a State of the Union address George Bush could embrace. The president will not approve all our ideas, but the document should be seen as an attempt by moderate GOP leaders and thinkers to assemble a rational set of aims. Fo rm e r Republican Co mm e rce Secretary Pete Peterson also discusses goals in this issue . According to the investment banker, our political representatives must be more realistic about our choices. As Peterson says. "The incapacity to make choices that involve costs is at the heart of o ur proble m." Forum editorial board member Dav id Fuscus analyze s Japan's experience wit h indust ri a l po licy, too. Ripo n Educational Fund Mark O. Hatfield Scholar Veron ica DiConti also presents a case study of the Bahimore school system. Bill Tate, o ur book review editor. looks at the ed ucational system, too, in his essay on Tracy Kidder's "Among Schoolchildren." And Ri pon chainnan Bill Clinger writes in Ihis issue on the Berlin Wall, which reminds us that wh ile politi cal hurdles remain. occasio na ll y in hum a n affairs real breakthroughs occur. --Bill McKenzie
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REVIEWS: Born to Lose: Tracy Kidder: Alfred W. Tate . • • •••••• . ........ .............. . . .. . . .. ...... 20
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