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Fourteen years after Federal Judge Arthur Garrity ordered crosstown busing to desegregate Boston's public schools, the city is embarking on another overhaul of its troubled educational system. Last week local experts hired by Mayor Ray Flynn proposed a new approach, called controlled choice, that seeks to foster competition while maintaining the painfully achieved racial balance. Next fall schools through Grade 8 would be divided among three equally funded zones, with 14,000 students apiece. Within each zone, parents would be allowed to choose a particular school for their child, and pupils would be assigned to available spots...
...Nigel Holmes (Executive Director); Dorothy D. Chapman, Arthur Hochstein, Irene Ramp (Deputies); Billy Powers, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Assistant Directors); Angel Ackemyer, James Elsis, Carol March (Designers); Nickolas Kalamaras Layout: Steve Conley (Chief); John P. Dowd (Deputy); Stefano Arata, Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Kenneth Smith, Eugene Tick Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Cynthia Davis, Joe Lertola, E. Noel McCoy, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells...
...with every '30s heroine who must conquer class prejudice -- with wit, charm, bravado and a little larceny -- before she can win the nice guy away from the mapcap heiress. At first, Griffith's pudginess and baby-doll voice appear to disqualify her from the company of Carole Lombard, Jean Arthur and other down- to-earth goddesses of the golden age. But as she slims into executive shape, she grows in the role until finally she is captivating enough to be entrusted with a company merger or a big-budget film. Another Katharine (Hepburn) played another Tess (Harding...
Gates, an undergraduate at Yale from 1969 to 1973, says that he and many other scholars in the field were influenced by the historian Arthur Schomburg's reminder that "before we can progress, we have to understand our past." History was therefore the preoccupation of the first phase of Afro-American studies, he argues...
...following students were chosen: Charles H. Ahn, Chemistry and Physics; Jeremy D. Avigad, Mathematics; Kenneth S. Boockvar; Chemistry; William C. Crain, Literature; Randall Fecher, Biology; Mark D. Harris, Philosophy; Anthony S. Laden, Philosophy; Steven D. Levitt, Economics; Arthur S. Long, History; Gary D. Mitchell, Economics; Scott A. Nathan, Fine Arts; and John M. Plotz, History and Literature...