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...levels, paragraph meaning comprehension, mental ability, school achievement, reading and arithmetic. This leaves five studies. Three of these (Evanston, Boston-Metco and White Plains) must be eliminated from the realm of conclusive evidence due to a lack of control or comparison groups. The remaining two studies (Riverside and Ann Arbor) found no differences between bused and secregated blacks, but Riverside did not control for social class, and Ann Arbor tested students only one year after busing plans were altered...
...studies found conclusive gains for bused blacks over their non-bused peers in a number of skill areas. The remaining studies are of questionable conclusiveness (in each case by Leach's admission) due to lack of controls, sampling bias, and as I pointed out in the case of Ann Arbor, because testing for effects was done too early after the policy change...
Controlled energy from nuclear fusion-joining atomic nuclei instead of splitting them as in fission-still remains what it has been for a generation: a possibility. But in a number of laboratories and one private company-KMS Industries of Ann Arbor, Mich.-scientists are moving closer to doing what they know can be done: fusing the nuclei of deuterium and tritium to create a powerful burst of energy. At KMS and the Government's Los Alamos lab, lasers are being used to "implode" deuterium pellets. Energy has been produced, but not enough to be measured accurately or drive...
...hastily called press conference, President Bok labels his wife "cute," but lays off the Germanic Languages Department in retaliation. "If you went to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., then you might have to worry about a job," Bok adds, "but here at Harvard you have nothing to worry about." In Washington, President Gerald Ford is laid...
...birdlegs" have carried him a long way as he has traveled as far as Ann Arbor, Mich., to compete in the Junior Olympics two summers ago. Running affords him excellent opportunities for travel and meeting diverse people...