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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In the nature of the telling, no story is ever retold in exactly the same way, but O'Callahan makes no concession to the age of the audience. "If children don't understand a word," he says, "they will search it out. That's how their language...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Modern Spellbinder | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

Savage is not alone in this point of view. As ETS continues to grow, and its "surplus funds" (it enjoys non-profit status) expand beyond the million-dollar mark, the legitimacy of standardized tests is being challenged from a variety of sources. The Bakke case raises serious questions about standardized...

Author: By Peter R. Melnick, | Title: Facing the Test: Grad School as Statistical Uncertainty | 6/8/1978 | See Source »

A staffer for the House Subcommittee on Science and Technology adds other ways Harvard can exert pressure for more research support. Members of prominent universities are often on the governing boards of funding organizations like the National Science Foundation, and so can urge a foundation to grant as much money...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin and Susan D. Chira, S | Title: Harvard on the Hill | 6/8/1978 | See Source »

"The spirit in Winthrop House has changed quite a bit" since the Hutchisons became co-masters, Davis Dyer, assistant to the Master, said, adding that they selected a "fine tutorial staff" and increased the number of activities.

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin and Maxwell Gould, S | Title: Winthrop Masters To Step Down in '79 | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

On Government-aided construction projects, the Davis-Bacon Act requires that the job go not to the lowest bidder but to the contractor who agrees to pay the "prevailing" wages of the region, often meaning the highest union scales paid in the nearest big city. "So in rural Maine they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View: Battling the B.I.G. Bulge | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

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