Word: blinds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harberger goes on the Blind faith, belied by reality, that pursuit of the "efficiency criterion" will somehow produce national prosperity and political liberty. His students know better. Pablo Barona, president of the Central Bank of Chile, said the fact that "more than 90 per cent of the people are against our policies is proof that the model is working" (The New York Times, December...
...admits that it was his mistake--misreading the math problem and confusing the class. But soon it is straightened out, and a young boy struggles with the problem for several minutes. "It's all right" the teacher tells him gently, "we all make mistakes like that." The teacher is blind, and he is teaching blind students...
Public Law 94142 mandates that students be educated in the least restrictive environment possible, and that, where feasible, handicapped children should be educated with their normal peers. But for many handicapped children their public school systems are inadequate, and an alternative for many is the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Ma. The goal of Perkins is to teach its students not only academics, but the skills of daily and independent living as well...
...seven years. The rule that generally prevails in the U.S. today-that custody must be based on the "best interests of the child"-was articulated in a landmark decision in 1925 by Benjamin Cardozo, then a New York State Court of Appeals judge. Though the rule is sex-blind in principle, men seldom win custody in the 10% of the cases that go to court. "The courts are prejudiced against fathers," insists Leonard Kerpelman, a Baltimore lawyer who champions fathers' rights. "Unless the mother is a prostitute, a drug addict or a mental defective, she is automatically assumed...
...this concluding volume of one of the true-life romantic sagas of our time, Arthur Rubinstein conquers new continents, uncounted women and, seemingly, mortality itself. He pursues his improbable but triumphant course down to the present, when, at 93, retired from public performing, partially blind, he still reigns as a favorite of the gods, an ageless symbol of the unquenchable passion for the well-lived life. His wide-eyed narrative, dictated to an amanuensis, is diffuse and repetitive, often couched in a quaint, flowery style. But his gusto and warmth carry him through, as they have in so many technically...