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Frequent surveys in the past have measured material gains and quality of life; only two weeks ago, in fact, the latest such British study indicated that fully 96% of Britons can now scrub in either a bathtub or a shower, and 55% have central heating (that supposed bane of British life). But never before have the abstract social and moral values of Europeans been measured as they were by the E.V.S.S.G...
...toll on the nation's airlines and, most visibly, on the patience and stamina of the traveling public. Three major airlines (Delta, TWA and United) reported last week that third-quarter earnings had slumped as a result of the reduced air traffic. Air New England, the boon and bane of that region's travelers, decided to fold its wings at the end of the month after eleven years of operation. The shutdown will mean layoffs for 400 employees. A company announcement partly blamed "the decline in traffic and revenues because of the ongoing PATCO strike." The airline...
...Bane declined to comment on substantive duties, and refused to discuss pertinent issues. She did say, however, that she would work to uphold current state desegregation laws...
...refused, however, to comment on the implications for the school's affirmative action policy, saying it was a personal matter for Bane, and not one which should be discussed in an institutional context...
...superb analyst, first-rate both as an academic and as an assistant. Truly versatile," said Paul N. Ylvisaker, who served as dean of the Graduate School of Education where Bane taught before her Washington stint...