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Searches can take unexpected turns. San Antonio public school counselor Claude Thormalen, 49, not only found his mother but learned from her that he had an older half sister Nancy, who had also been given up for adoption. To his amazement, Nancy turned out to be a high school acquaintance. Gayle Beckstead, 55, who now works as a search consultant in Simi Valley, Calif., learned of a sister -- who hadn't been put up for adoption. When they met, Gayle found a depressed high school dropout who had given up four out-of- wedlock children. The sister regarded the middle...
...Texas, where such tests have been mandatory since 1985, average scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test have remained flat and the dropout rate high. Critics maintain that real learning has been stifled. "Teachers are teaching to the test," says John Moore, chairman of the education department at San Antonio's Trinity University. Some South Carolinians, on the other hand, feel that their three-hour high school exit exam in reading, writing and math -- which for the first time will be required for a diploma this academic year -- has already had a salutary effect. "Students are taking it seriously and studying...
...Matthews, Gary Roberts, Nancy Smith-Alam, Melanie Stephens, Robert B. Stevens, Eleanor Taylor Photographers: Terry Ashe, P.F. Bentley, William Campbell, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Cynthia Johnson, Peter Jordan, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, Neil Leifer, Steve Liss, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Chris Niedenthal, David Rubinger, Antonio Suarez, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...
PANAMA CITY, Panama--Security forces arrested three members of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega's general staff and about 35 other soldiers after a failed coup, according to a "war communique" read over national radio yesterday...
...communique by loyalists, read over Channel 2 television, said, "The nationalist officers of all ranks and in all the barracks country-wide have confirmed their loyalty to the fatherland...and to our Commander-in-Chief Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega...