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...Jerusalem, Begin was still clinging to power, though by a fairly narrow strand. During a nine-hour meeting of his Cabinet, he won approval for a $140 million cut in his defense budget of $3.6 billion. By so doing, he averted an all-out clash with, on the one hand, Finance Minister Yigael Hurvitz, who was pressing for a cut of $300 million, and on the other, with Chief of Staff Rafael Eitan, who said that any cut over $80 million could endanger Israel's security. Hurvitz's threatened resignation could have reduced the parliamentary majority of Begin...
...Soviet youth has shown such a taste for Western tunes, a few rock acts, chosen by the Ministry of Culture, have been allowed to tour some of the major cities. Elton John may seem like the Liberace of rock, but in the U.S.S.R. he could have passed for the Clash. Of the seven government-run radio stations in Moscow, two play rock from abroad; the music gets no more raucous than that of the Eagles. The stations also boost home-grown talent. To a Westerner, Soviet rock sounds like a not entirely successful hybrid of imported kitsch, slicked-up folk...
...Theory. Because it is American, American education dreams of panaceas-universal modern cures for the ancient pain of learning, easy ways to raise test scores and at the same time prepare the "whole child" for his role in society. Education has become a tormented field where armies of theorists clash, frequently using language that is unintelligible to the layman. Faddish theories sweep through the profession, changing standards, techniques, procedures. Often these changes dislocate students and teachers to little purpose. The New Math is an instructive example. Introduced in the early '60s without adequate tryout, and poorly understood by teachers...
...bloody clash was the latest and most violent to arise from six weeks of school boycotts and demonstrations protesting the blatant racial discrimination of South Africa's educational system. The volatile conflict was hauntingly reminiscent of the black school protests that had exploded in Soweto four years ago-except that this time the movement was led by coloreds. Responding to the boycott, the authorities last week arrested more than 248 people-including black Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu and 52 other religious leaders who had joined him in a peaceful protest march in Johannesburg...
Enter her new lawn-distance neighbor. Hannah Mae Bindler (Eileen Brennan), a Lone-Star State emigree, is wearing a garish outfit, and her accessories are an unstoppered tongue and the musk of a rampant libido. Culture clash soon gives way to kaffeeklatsch. Maude reveals that her husband is off on one of his adulterous secretarial safaris. Despite having suffered the occasional infidelity, Hannah Mae claims that her husband Carl Joe "don't take a breath unless I say, 'Carl Joe, breathe...