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...would go back tomorrow if I could," he says with a wistful smile. "I never will adjust myself to living out of Africa. Every time I have left it has been a temporary sojourn." But then he laughs, and nods toward the large, base-relief map of Africa above his desk, and adds, "In some ways, I never really leave...
Israel said that a premise of the imbalance plan is that blacks must go to school with whites in order to learn. He said that the plan fails to adjust what he called the true discrepancy: poor physical plants and high student-teacher ratios at black schools...
Between meals and copious snacks, Candy and Sandy adjust the two movie screens and tend the stereo. There are occasional misunderstandings. As Sandy puts it delicately, "At first some people thought we came with the day rate. But all in all, the guys in the rock groups are better to serve than drunken businessmen...
...monthly bills from an average of $136.87 last March to $252.52 this month, an increase of 85%. Says Housewife Tena Jackson: "My electric bill was $267 in February-$98 more over last year for 1,500 kilowatts less." The consumers contend that Con Ed has a moral obligation to adjust its rates downward, and they are refusing to pay their bills until it does so. But Con Ed maintains that the rate hikes are necessary and justified-and in fact is asking the state public service commission to grant it an additional 17.5% increase...
...Portuguese people have been brainwashed in the old country," Torres sayd. "They're told that they should stay out of trouble and take care of their families, and they can't adjust to the more liberal political situation here. They just don't take part...