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...regular teachers and 7,500 substitutes. That action meant that many teachers who still held jobs would have larger classes and more work to do. In Brooklyn's P.S. 79, for example, teachers last week were preparing for classes of at least 40 students each. To avert further layoffs, the board demanded that teachers give up some of their preparation periods, or free time, during the school day. Considering the financial crisis, that did not seem an unreasonable sacrifice for New York City's teachers, who have among the best fringe benefits in the nation. Their teaching...
...soul of "our brother Samuel." Father Bennett said, however, that he would not reveal the names of the two Catholic thugs who he suspects led the mob in Llewellyn's slaughter. "They'll be punished by their own people," he said, "and when that happens, may God avert his eyes...
...M.I.T.'s Press puts it: "How does one sell preventive medicine for a future affliction to Government agencies beleaguered with current illness?" Ironically, the one event that would release money for the study of earthquake prediction and control is the very disaster that scientists are trying to avert: a major quake striking a highly populated area without any warning. Tens of thousands of people living in the flood plain of the Van Norman Dam had a close call four years ago in the San Fernando Valley quake; had the tremor lasted a few more seconds, the dam might have...
...action will come much too late to avert a possible natural gas crisis this winter. According to the FPC, the big pipeline companies are expected to deliver nearly 20% less gas this winter than last. Parts of the Midwest are bracing for serious shortfalls. But the shortage will hit hardest in the Northeast, which is already suffering most from the rising cost of imported oil. Many East Coast utilities have stopped accepting neV gas customers and are sending warnings to industrial users to expect drastic curtailments of supplies. Many large gas users are converting to fuel oil at a vastly...
...predictions of a national planning body or by the forecasts of tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and corporate managers in a free market. The planners, their supporters say, would consult with businessmen. Moreover they would merely aim to identify the industries that should expand fast in order to avert shortages, and determine what incentives could help to produce the necessary investment. But that, too, raises a problem: If their plans were followed, tax credits and other incentives would be given to some industries?at the expense of others...