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Word: correctives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...histories, cultures and perspectives of Blacks, Chicanos, Boricuans, Latin Americans, Asian American, Native Americans and women given adequate (or even cursory) attention? This condition is shameful; to child those discriminated against for alerting us to their discrimination does not seem to me to be the best way to correct that condition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Overreaction'? | 4/16/1980 | See Source »

...students at the meeting said they felt the administration should correct the errors to preserve the creditability of the lottery system...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: CHUL Committee Will Vote Today On Lottery Mistake | 4/15/1980 | See Source »

...sympathy, and the timeliness of his observations is affirmed by the school's latest readjustment, a move away from the support of agency-designed education, back toward more direct contact with individual institutions and "school leaders." Like so many of the realignments Powell describes, the current shift seems to correct an imbalance which was partially caused by uncontrollable social and economic conditions. But when viewed with the persepective furnished by this book, such circumstances cannot hide a reality that professors in Longfellow Hall have not fully addressed: in Powell's words, "The School never developed a clear sense...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Educating the Educators | 4/15/1980 | See Source »

...regret the mistake made with regard to Levine and take responsibility for it. We recognize the need to fully research our facts and substantiate our claims. We hope that in admitting our mistake we can correct our errors and remain the focus of student interest in the AASD. The Committee to Strengthen Afro-American Studies

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lawrence Levine | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

...from a study by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, which estimated $7 billion of waste and fraud in HEW, most of which consisted of unnecessary health care. > Reagan claimed: "It costs HEW $3 in overhead to deliver $1 to a needy person in this country." The correct amount, according to HEW, is not $3 but 12?. > Reagan claimed: The Federal Government has increased by 131,000 employees in the past three years. The actual increase: 60,000. > Reagan claimed: The windfall profits tax would cost 1 million bbl. in the U.S. a day in lost production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Where Did He Get Those Figures? | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

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