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Dedicated cruisers have oceans of opportunity to exercise their mind offshore. Many cruise lines bring lecturers and experts on board, but few do it better than the Delta Queen Steamboat Co. The Civil War and the Korean War are themes on this year's agenda, as are gardening, history and historic inns. Lectures and courses are part of the package on steamboat cruises that range from a low of $660 per person for a three-night voyage in the least expensive cabin to $9,170 for the highest-category cabin on a two-week trip...
Still, cascading is a new fact of life, and it is not likely to end any time soon. Perhaps the clearest sign that California is entering a post-affirmative action era is how civil rights groups have responded to cascading. Their flagship lawsuit, Rios v. Regents of the University of California, doesn't bother trying to restore affirmative action. Instead it argues that if the U.C. system is going to use race-blind admissions criteria, it really has to be race blind. In calculating GPAs, Berkeley gives extra weight to grades in advanced-placement classes. The problem is, more than...
...education for all children (see the accompanying story). The racial gap in academic achievement starts in the earliest grades and grows worse. Among California 10th-graders, 88% of Asians and 76% of whites go on to graduate, but only 61% of blacks and 58% of Hispanics do. Thernstrom and civil rights groups both say the early grades are where the most work needs to be done...
...really value their opinions, except on topics like, say, ice cream," says David Elkind, professor of child development at Tufts University and author of The Hurried Child (1981). "Kids do have interesting ideas, if you're willing to listen. And I think sometimes adults are not civil enough with kids, saying please, thank you, apologizing for breaking promises...
...early. Cheerleader, basketball queen, yearbook editor, school-calendar girl and member of the Young Republicans, Pep, Latin, Quill and Scroll clubs, Diane also managed to enjoy tennis, water skiing, bowling and "when time permit[ted] knitting." Her talent presentation sounds equally ambitious: an "original monologue and song interpretation of Civil War Days entitled 'Five Score Years Ago.'" Alas, poor Diane's stated career ambition in diplomacy never panned out, forcing her to spend all these years toiling in broadcasting...