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...conservative diatribe found in campus journalism [Nov. 8] comes from the mouths of a handful of affluent brats who were spoon-fed through the '70s. Put them on an ethnically more diverse campus, rather than a Princeton or a Dartmouth, and then let us see how long their newspapers survive...
...spread of protectionism makes it all the more essential for the Pacific countries to develop trade within their own region. While Japan has been a successful exporter with an increasingly affluent population, its government has not yet fully opened the gates to imports from other Asian nations. China, with its immense population, has isolated itself for decades and only recently begun to look outward. "If both Japan and China were to adapt themselves to greater imports from their neighbors," concluded Krause, "it would generate a dynamic trade expansion that would allow Asia to far outdistance the rest of the world...
...often inadequately prepared. Pressured to improve basic skills quickly, they take the most direct route, using computers as electronic flash cards for simple drill and practice. By contrast, specially trained teachers at more sophisticated schools are introducing ever younger children to the art of programming. In Georgia's affluent De Kalb County, 445 teachers a year take four-hour instruction sessions one night a week. Says Frank Barber, the training coordinator: "We believe the nicest thing that can happen to a child is to have a teacher who really understands what computers...
...joke, it drew great guffaws. "The biggest moneymaker in Hollywood last year was Colombia," quipped Johnny Carson during the 1981 Oscar awards ceremony. "Not the studio-the country." There is considerable truth in the jest: though used throughout the U.S., cocaine remains an especially apt symbol for the affluent Southern California lifestyle. If John De Lorean's alleged shipment of 220 lbs. had indeed made its way into the Los Angeles marketplace, it would have found buyers...
...real city. Groups fighting to win representation for the city spend much of their time debunking widespread myths about the capital. Far from being a "one interest town" or a colony of bureaucrats, more than two-thirds of the city's workers are non-federal employees. In fact, many affluent government employees live in Maryland and Virginia suburbs while the population of D.C. itself is predominantly Black and lower class...