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...specialists than the details hardened into a doctrine by which educators judged the books they would allow in classrooms. Moreover, the formulas hatched lists of specific words and sentences deemed inappropriate. Subordinate clauses and connectives became no-nos up to certain levels; even topic sentences vanished. Textbook Expert Harriet Bernstein of the Council of Chief State School Officers points out that the word because does not appear in most American schoolbooks before the eighth grade. "And," she adds, "you can imagine what that does to the text...
...state board of education. But industry representatives are skeptical. "We've heard a number of times that things were going to change," says Roger Rogalin, editor in chief of D.C. Heath & Co. Yet the formulas remain in place. "It's a catch-22 situation," sums up Bernstein. "Until the states stop requiring readability formulas, publishers won't stop using them to write and edit texts...
...membership of which has remained unchanged since 1977) are actually scattered throughout the year in a random nattern. The largest numbers per month (10 to 15) are in February, April, July and November, making 80 percent in any one of the 12 signs of the zodiac obviously impossible. Arthur Bernstein...
...over which way interest rates will go. Since the Reagan Administration came to office, the prime rate has gone from a high of 20% to a low of 10.5%, while mortgage rates during his term reached 18.5% and hit a bottom of 12.6%. David Levine of the Sanford C. Bernstein investment firm in New York City thinks that a slowing economy will curb credit demands. As a result, he forecasts, the prime rate could fall to 9.5% by next June. In contrast, Irwin Kellner, chief economist of New York's Manufacturers Hanover Trust, fears that rates are headed...
...moderate, which seems likely. In addition to falling oil prices, another encouraging sign is the restraint shown this year by labor unions. The United Mine Workers agreed to a 12% wage and benefit increase over 40 months, far less than the 37.5% hike they reaped from their previous contract. Bernstein's Levine predicts that the consumer price index will climb only 3.2% in 1985, after a 3.9% increase this year...