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...ranks all of the nation's 329 metropolitan areas, where more than 75% of all Americans reside. Since 1981, when the first edition appeared, the fortunes of a number of cities have changed. One reason: this time around Authors Richard Boyer and David Savageau have refined their nine "livability" criteria. Data about climate, housing, health care, crime, transportation, education, culture, recreation and economics are now weighted by such qualities as "fortunate circumstances of geography" and "outdoor recreational assets." Third-ranked Raleigh-Durham, N.C., moved up from ninth place, for instance, partly because it is "a genteel place to live." Atlanta...
Cities in the basement are already contesting the criteria. By last weekend, Rand McNally was overwhelmed with outraged calls. One caller, Pat Lile, a Pine Bluff, Ark., development promoter, complained of Pine Bluff's 328th-place rating: "They don't contact one person or make one phone call. Other people use their data, and the damage proliferates." Said Mayor Edward Bartholomew of Glens Falls, N.Y., which ranked 290th: "We're going to have a public burning of (Rand McNally's) almanac and all their maps." Responded Rand McNally Public Relations Director Conroy Erickson: "All we've done is supply...
Beissinger said that large departments at Harvard--like Government-need undergraduate affairs committees to communicate student concerns to department officials for action. The Government committee will discuss tutorials, honors degree criteria and other concerns...
Paul Nitze, the Reagan Administration's most experienced and respected arms- control adviser, pointed out last week that a Star Wars system would have to meet two criteria to be effective. First, it has to be "survivable," or able to withstand a pre-emptive attack. Otherwise, said Nitze, "the defenses would themselves be tempting targets for a first strike." Second, it has to be "cost-effective at the margin." Translation: It must be cheaper to add new defenses than new offensive systems. If it were cheaper to build new offensive weapons, he said, it would just...
...actor, could come off the screen and involve himself in the real world. Then I started having doubts. It wasn't until I realized that, my God, if he came off the screen, there would be repercussions on the actual actor in Hollywood. And the subject met the criteria for a film worth working on: it could be amusing, touching, interesting to watch, and there was also the proper potential for visuals...