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...passionately believes, at at time convincingly argues, that the mushrooming network of ERB's, SAT's. MCAT's, GRE's and other standardized, computerized tests are less "fair, scientific and objective" than their supporters claim; that the machinelike, precise and efficient image they project creates disproportionate "test worship" in the general public; and that schools and employers at all levels should rely far more on other criteria in evaluating applicants. He contents the tests close more doors than they open, and gives a knowledgeable and compassionate attack on test anxiety and the psychological "branding" of the child...
...pathological ferocity of revenge, Americans might want to administer a little of what psychologists call negative the when the time is right, something like the message that a hot stove delivers to someone who tries to sit on it. Both sides should remember, if they can, the Persian prov erb: "Blood cannot be washed away with blood." Revenge has its undeniable satisfactions. It is a primal scream that shatters glass. But revenge is not an intelligent basis for a foreign policy. This century has already fulfilled its quota of smoke and rage and survivors, gray with bomb dust, staggering around...
...Peter F. Erb...
...Pakistani. The first Saudi to hold the post, Qoreishi is a graduate of U.S.C., but he had no previous banking experience. Western diplomats who deal with them say the Saudis fear that if they go into long-term investments they will be conned by fast-talking flimflam artists. Richard Erb, an economist who once watched Saudi policy for the U.S. Treasury, adds that the Saudis will not buy gold because they are afraid of being seen as "dumb Arabs" who do not know what else to do with then" wealth...
...American Mennonite Pastor John Delbert Erb and his family opened their apartment door to late-night knocks to find a squad of men with submachine guns confronting them. The intruders tied and blindfolded the Erbs, ransacked their apartment, and then abducted their daughter, Patricia Ann, 19. Although the raiders spray-painted guerrilla slogans on the apartment walls, the Erbs suspected that they were police. A neighbor who came out to see what was happening was ordered away with the explanation that "there is an operation under way." Patricia Ann Erb, who had been barely on the fringe of ERP activities...