Talented Teacher Labeled “Provisional” Despite Qualifications

COLUMBIA – Josh Cramer starts his second-period class by pulling out a single pink long-stemmed rose

Push to Drop `Provisional’ Teachers Could Leave State Short

WASHINGTON – President Clinton wants them gone within five years

Bill Would Clamp Down on Maryland Breeders of Fighting Cocks

WASHINGTON – A Senate proposal to ban interstate transport of birds for cockfights could be felt in Maryland, where the birds are still bred even though cockfighting is outlawed

Governor’s Race Brought National Funds Flowing into Maryland

WASHINGTON – National party committees poured a total of $461,252 into Maryland in the last election cycle because of the “very high-profile governor’s race” here, officials said

Mikulski, Sarbanes Defend Party-Line Votes on Impeachment

WASHINGTON – Maryland Democratic Sens

Redskins May Be in Cooke’s Blood, Politics Apparently Is Not

WASHINGTON – As the National Football League prepares to hear the details this week of the high bid for the Washington Redskins, John Kent Cooke’s quest to buy the team from his father’s estate appears more and more to be a long-shot

Maryland Schools Already Practice Much of What Clinton Preached

WASHINGTON – The education reforms proposed by President Clinton in his State of the Union address are “not going to change the way we do business” in Maryland, said a state school official

New Redskins Owners Are No Major Leaguers in Political Giving

WASHINGTON – At least one tradition is not likely to change with the sale of the Washington Redskins

D.C.-Area Members Respond to Speech

WASHINGTON – Congressional representatives from Maryland’s Washington suburbs, both Democrat and Republican, were united in their praise of President Clinton’s delivery of the State of the Union address Tuesday in the midst of his impeachment trial

Spectators Brave Bitter Weather to View History in Senate

WASHINGTON – One stand-up comic said he was there hoping to get some new material