Word: brandts
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...situation, we drew on the experience of Bruce van Voorst, who has covered Germany off and on since 1965, and who took over in May as our Bonn bureau chief. Van Voorst considers himself a lucky man: "My timing has always been good. I was in Germany when Willy Brandt set Ostpolitik in motion -- leading to German unification; in South America when Allende fell; with Kissinger during his shuttle diplomacy...
Many teachers and administrators say, often barely above a whisper, that black students are much more trouble prone. Superintendent J. Michael Brandt, who is white, says that in some circumstances, "blacks tend to be more boisterous." John Concannon, a white attorney for the district, blames a "complicated mix of reasons," including the possibility that "some black males are more physical...
...small element in a comprehensive plan to help Cincinnati teachers deal with discipline problems. "It is a time-honored method of enforcing civil rights laws to keep statistics," says William Taylor, another attorney for the plaintiffs. "There is no reason to believe that the information will be misused." Brandt says "an administrator needs good info." He has a point. Even assuming that teachers are justified in sending twice as many blacks as whites to the assistant principal -- nationwide, black students are disciplined in disproportionate numbers -- what about the teacher who disciplines five or even six times as many black students...
...mandatory suspension for fighting, forgery, fraud and profanity. Suspensions promptly jumped 77%. In the 1991-92 school year, more than 10,000 students -- 20% of the total enrollment -- were suspended from school. Many parents were infuriated, complaining, correctly, that the new policies only increased the racial discipline gap. Concedes Brandt: "We had people being suspended for looking at someone the wrong...
...look at the newly cleaned Last Judgment, which will go on view in April at an Easter week Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II. Its return to the public realm in dramatically improved condition will be an important event for both art and religion. Notes Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt, a New York University art historian who has followed the project: "Our idea of what art tells us about God is shaped by Michelangelo more than anyone else, and by the Last Judgment more than any of his other works...