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...federal judge recently denied Harvard request that the court dismiss a tenure complaint filed by former assistant professor Ephram Isaacs, saying the case raises "genuine disputed issue of material fact...
Still, many elected officials are wary about pushing such bills through the statehouse. Wisconsin Governor-Elect Anthony Earl opposes the bill that will come before the state legislature this winter, calling it unenforceable. Says Earl: "I think there would be widespread disregard for a change to 21." Some educators dismiss raising the drinking age on the grounds that it fails to address the teen-age "attitude" problem. Says Faye Gordon, coordinator of a Brookline, Mass., project in the public school system that uses such devices as a quiz show called You Bet Your Beer to persuade teen-agers...
Experts are still reluctant, however, to dismiss OPEC as a price-setting force. Says Lichtblau: "This is not the end of OPEC. It has weakened since the end of 1981, but the price of oil is still substantially above what it would be in a free market right now." Walter Levy, a top oil consultant, believes that adversity could save the organization. Says he: "If the fear of Allah enters OPEC members, maybe they will say that it is better to work out a program among themselves rather than face a free-falling oil price that leads to revenue losses...
Congratulations on your article about my husband. However, I would like to take exception to your description of our daughter's performance at Madison Square Garden as "mediocre." A roomful of ribbons and trophies attests to the fact that she is a fine horseback rider and competitor. To dismiss her ride at the Garden as mediocre is insensitive as well as inaccurate. Might I suggest the word unsuccessful...
Despite the signal, the Argentines allowed a fatal day to pass before returning to the scene. A high Argentine naval official says that the destroyers were too far away, and the seas too rough, to permit a speedy rescue-explanations the British dismiss. For reasons unknown, the British Defense Ministry decided to keep silent about the secret message. Said a British intelligence source last week: "Those bloody fools threw away an ace card to satisfy their appetite for secrecy. As a result we were denounced as killers...