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...that this letter will rock the foundations of complacency in the shantytown and cause members of the Open University to contemplate their past actions and future plans. I am quite sure that this letter will further isolate me from the Open University members. I regret this fact, and I applaud those members of the Open University who have also noted the abuses I have discussed. It is nothing more than the discharge of responsibility which prompts me to confront the very organization of which I am a member, in which a number of my associations are, and also in which...
Although some buildings may exclude the handicapped from entering, some disabled students applaud the University's accommodation of the handicapped. Classes are often moved to structures with ramps and elevators, and special transportation is provided between classes...
...feel that the development proposals are long overdue and we applaud them," said a representative of the Harvard Square Defense Fund, a neighborhood group...
...educators, such as California School Superintendent Bill Honig and State Commissioners Gerald Tirozzi of Connecticut and Gordon Ambach of New York, applaud the preschool push as providing more children with better education sooner. Comments Roberta Babb, director of Creme de la Creme: "For a long time, people didn't realize all the things that a little mind is capable of. We give them a big head start for school." But others are dismayed by a parental mania to overstuff little minds that are not ready. At the recent convention in Atlanta of the National Association of Independent Schools, hothousing...
American ambivalence about its superpower mantle is illustrated by the fact that congressional doves, many of them fearful of being labeled "soft" because of their opposition to contra aid, rushed last week to applaud Reagan's easy victory in the Gulf of Sidra. Yet they shy away from the tougher issue: how to apply steady and vigilant force as part of a policy for dealing with Nicaragua. Smacking Gaddafi may be cathartic and quick. But if the U.S. is truly going to face its responsibilities as a superpower, it will have to find a way to grapple with threats that...