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To Queen Elizabeth II, so it is reported, she is known as "our Val," after the Valkyries of German legend; other members of the British royal family are said to refer to her as "Princess Pushy." And in the British press last week the 6-ft.-tall Princess Michael of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Notes Apr 29 1985 | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

On the whole, his intellect prevailed; as new readers continually discover, Jarrell became one of the best and probably the most erudite of American literary critics in this century. The question "Have you read . . .?" recurs often in his letters, and he seems to have read nearly everything: psychology, anthropology, quantum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Love Affair with Learning | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

For more than two weeks, searchers from India, Canada, Ireland, the U.S., Britain and France had combed some 5 sq. mi. of ocean 110 miles southwest of Cork, Ireland, hoping to discover why Air-India Flight 182 had plunged into the North Atlantic on June 23, killing all 329 passengers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disasters: Deep Grab | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Some states, such as Florida and Texas, are trying to solve their needs in part by granting alternative certification to college graduates without formal teacher training. California granted emergency credentials to more than 4,000 instructors last year. Sunbelt schools are recruiting in northern states, where in many cases declining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: And Now, a Teacher Shortage | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Is there a solution? I thought for a while that if sections were organized by personality type, perhaps that would solve the problem (shy brilliant kids: Monday at 1; tweed-jacketed know-it-alls: Thursday at 3). Unfortunately, that’s not liable to happen; confrontational people arenâ?...

Author: By Sara Culver, | Title: Take Back the Section | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

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