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Jamaica: Struggle in the Periphery is Manley's account of those eight years in office. It details from the driver's seat the difficulties in governing a nation in the aftermath of colonialism--the attempt to construct a viable society out of an island of former plantations and fit it into an international community characterized by superpower domination and an economic order designed to keep the little guy down. What emerges is a disturbing image of the United States and a valuable insight into the plight or the Third World...
...basic problem is that the letter forms taught were not designed to accomplish the necessary combination of legibility, speed and ease. At the start, schools require five-and six-year-olds to construct an alphabet out of circles and straight lines. Calligraphers say that it is wrong to expect the resulting letters to resemble the modern sans-serif type faces that the children are simultaneously learning to read. Young hands can rarely produce the subtle but important nuances of printed type. The so-called ball-and-stick method requires exceptional motor coordination, and the effort spoils the handwriting of many...
...accusations that Israel destroyed Palestinian homes, attempted to relocate the population, and conducted arbitrary arrests of Palestinian men are better directed at the Lebanese government which, subsequent to the PLO's evacuation, rounded up thousands of Palestinian civilians, bulldozed homes and refugee camps, and fought against Israeli attempts to construct pre-fabricated homes for the refugees. Would that Mr. Arafat or other Arab leaders have shown such concern for the refugees as the Israelis...
...auto industry will have become competitive is unfounded and overly optimistic. First of all, there is no guarantee that other countries will be willing to reopen free trade just because we are ready to compete. And without the rigors of a competitive atmosphere, American industrialists will probably fail to construct Mondale's nifty, new auto industry. Japan's "unfairness" in this sector consists mainly in being able to build better and cheaper cars than we can. Part of the problem lies with aging Detroit factories, and, yes, a break of some sort will help the companies to find capital...
Laudable in themselves and truly constructive in many communities, basic competency tests attempt to determine what students in all grades are learning by administering SAT-like batteries at least once a year. Massachusetts competency rules, actively implemented for the first time in 1980-81, allow communities to construct their own tests and set their own passing scores, though pre-designed and prescaled tests are also available. The Cambridge public school system this month began analyzing the results of its second battery of testsone set for third, sixth and eight-graders and another for high schoolers-and comparing them...