Word: correctives
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...problem. Meanwhile, the election in West Germany of Christian Democratic Chancellor Helmut Kohl made matters worse. Kohl's reassuring conservatism prompted even more speculators to play the deutsche mark against the failing franc. To the French it was "the deutsche mark problem," and Mitterrand expected Bonn to correct it by simply raising the value of the West German currency. To the West Germans and others it was a "franc problem" caused by France's dismal economic performance. When the finance ministers of the ten European Community nations met in Brussels, the stage was set for a collision...
...those involved in the decision felt other factors outweighed the monetary benefits available. According to Reardon. "What it came down to was a philosophical issue. Is it correct to have professionals in an amateur atmosphere? This issue was never resolved. We talked to other people who had pro teams. No one really liked it, but they lived with...
Already, research for the comprehensive spring report has begun. The Crimson, unlike The Independent, did not consider it important to send a reporter to the March 16 meeting of the Academics Committee, at which Professor John Dowling, Chairman of the Core Sub-Committee on Science, discussed student proposals to correct weaknesses in the Core Science offerings and endorsed a survey, written by three members of the Academics Committee, about student opinions of the Science offerings, to be distributed to at least 1000 students...
Your article on Queen Elizabeth's visit to the New World erroneously refers to her in its subheading as H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness). The correct abbreviation of the Queen's official title is H.M. (Her Majesty...
Computers, which can correct, expand, recopy and print words at the flick of a key, have increasingly stirred the interest of writing and language arts teachers, a group that once eyed the computer revolution with suspicion and dread. Two years ago, researchers at New York City's progressive Bank Street College of Education decided to find out how word processors might affect the writing of their students. They had a few hundred grade-school children and a dozen microcomputers. But they lacked one necessary ingredient: a suitable writing program. Recalls President Richard Ruopp: "We tested the available word processors...