Word: dec
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...Your article "They Shall Not Pass" [Dec. 31] implies that we continue to manufacture failures in our public schools. Let us take a look at one of the causes. Since we ask the child to adapt to the system in public education, it seems only proper that we give him a fair chance. Dr. Bakalis thinks that going back to the basics will solve the problem. I would like to suggest making kindergarten mandatory, and testing to determine if a child is ready for kindergarten. Nothing succeeds like success, and "readiness...
Lost Love Sir / I am sure that I speak for many others when I say that the "romance" with the big car [Dec. 31] was a beautiful thing...
...would like to correct two misquotations in The Crimson's Dec. 18 report of my talk at Lowell house. Your correspondant attributed to me the following two observations: "The people blame Golda for two things: first, in sanctioning open trade and the importation of cheap Arab labor along the west bank she has encouraged exploitation of the workers, he said." I never said this. "Secondly, by continuing in power, she has also made possible the continuation of that stance which led us to the October war. The people are afraid of what seems to be a 'hard-line' stance...
...nation has lucked out on weather. Late fall and early winter were unusually mild across much of the country, especially the Eastern Seaboard, which faced the most serious shortage. For the heating season through Dec. 30, degree days (the basis on which oil companies calculate heating needs) nationwide ran 10% below normal. New England energy experts estimate that a prolonged Indian summer in that region held home heating oil consumption 7% below forecasts...
Shoot to Kill. The Times of London, among others, last week directly blamed Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi for underwriting much of the terrorism, including the Dec. 17 massacre at Rome and an earlier Shootout at Athens International Airport. Gaddafi, who last week jointly announced his decision to merge his country with neighboring Tunisia, probably does give some oil money to the guerrillas, and provides them with haven from time to time. But it is an open question among intelligence agencies whether Gaddafi himself directly orders such terrorism. Many European authorities would just as soon not find out, since Europe...