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Harvard, as noted in a letter from the city's planning board to President Bok last week, has made no public mention of the negotiations. Instead, University officials say they are trying to reach "internal agreement" before dealing with the public...
...Boeing vehicles have a history of instability, derailments, and mechanical problems, State Rep. Lincoln P. Cole Jr., Vice Chairman of the MBTA's advisory board, said yesterday. Problems with the LRVs' stability and jumping the tracks made them originally a "bad deal," Cole added...
...Pahlavi Foundation, created by the Shah but now controlled by the Ayatullah's supporters. The Iranians also own some U.S. military spare parts stored in a warehouse at New Jersey's McGuire Air Force Base and awaiting shipment. But, says David Bauer, an economist for the Conference Board, a New York-based research group, "I can't think of a single Iranian investment in a factory operating...
...House and Senate have already passed by large margins two of the three major Carter recommendations, and will soon begin working out minor differences before sending the legislation to the White House. One act would create an Energy Mobilization Board, which would be able to bulldoze through bureaucratic red tape, legal roadblocks and laws, like the Clean Air Act, that now delay refineries, pipelines and other energy projects. The board would have the power to make some decisions for federal, state or local agencies that were delaying needed developments. The House-passed bill goes further than Carter proposed and gives...
...Representative Ann Kahn said that due to testing, elementary school curriculums are now concentrating on test scores-to the exclusion of basics like good writing. Ralph Nader told the conferees: "Parents and students are seriously concerned about the enormous unchecked power wielded by the Educational Testing Service, the College Board and other companies. These companies define and measure intelligence in an atmosphere that resembles the secrecy...