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...joint project of the Department of Energy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the windmill ?more correctly, wind turbine?has a body by Westinghouse and blades by Lockheed, and cost $1.25 million. Parked by its side is a van full of monitoring equipment and computers that start the rotor turning when the wind hits 12 m.p.h. and shut it off, to prevent it from wearing out, at 40 m.p.h. Since winds averaging nearly 15 m.p.h. blow through Clayton almost every day, the turbine more often than not will be generating 200 kw. of electricity?enough to power...
...foreign-born students in America?76% of them Hispanic?are taught at least some of their schoolwork in 70 dialects and languages. The federal Office of Bilingual Education alone sponsors 700 programs in 41 states and five territories, at a cost of $135 million; the spectrum of languages sweeps from Aleut in Alaska to Yiddish in New York. Meanwhile, at least ten states have passed legislation mandating bilingual instruction in those school districts with a minimum number of children?usually ten to 20?who speak a foreign language and are seriously deficient in English...
...programs, still experimental, are plagued by problems. There is an acute shortage of qualified teachers. Textbooks are scarce. One Arabic teacher in Chicago finally telephoned Jordan's King Hussein personally for help; Hussein donated a planeload of textbooks. In an age of tight school budgets, bilingual programs tend to cost about twice as much as regular classes because of special teachers and materials...
...come not from flying but from plane sales, tax credits and hotel subsidiaries. Indeed, some carriers?Eastern, TWA, Northwest, Western?show declining operating profits. But the competition for passengers, especially nonbusiness travelers who make up 48% of the traffic, is certain to remain intense. So the number of low-cost fares will probably grow...
...Harvard Corporation last week approved a $500 increase in tuition and room and board fees, bringing the yearly cost of a Harvard education...