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In a message dated 9/19/01 10:17:24 AM, gbracey@EROLS.COM writes: << Bill Bennett is a liar. I've called him on a number of fibs. Dave Berliner told me that once he resigned as dean he would steal a title from Al Franken and publish "Bill Bennett is s Big Fat Liar." He tells me now that he is a free man he still has some other priorities. >> Whenever Dave (or anyone else) gets around to it, two of Bennett's bigger lies are: "Chicago's schools are America's worst..." (During the Reagan years). "Chicago's schools are now better..." (in 1999 after Vallas had been in power four years). When Sharon Schmidt of Substance asked him what he based his "better" on, he cited Paul Vallas's "management skills." This was at a press briefing with Dennis Hastert, Vallas, and Bennett. George Schmidt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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