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...Margaret Gordon, associate director of the Carnegie Council and author of the council's report, said yesterday that the cost of implementing the Carnegie plan, when spread over a five-year period, would not greatly exceed the cost of the consortium's proposals...
...overstating the financial advantage of not going to college. She plays games with statistics, arguing that if a high school graduate invested the equivalent of four years' college costs in a lump sum in a savings bank and went to work, his lifetime income (including compound interest) would exceed the earnings of a college graduate. The greatest fallacy in that line of reasoning is the fact that high school seniors do not have the $25,000 or $30,000 representing their college costs in a lump sum to invest. Nonetheless, Bird is correct in saying that a college education...
...business penalties for United Brands could far exceed any legal ones. At least two shareholders have already filed suit asking that the bribe money be repaid to the company by its board or by Black's estate. Publicity about the bribes could easily lead Honduras to expropriate the company's plantations, which supply about 16% of the bananas that United Brands sells...
Should Dunlop's absence exceed two years, an arrangement similar, to that allowed in Kissinger's case appears unlikely Bok said...
However, according to Bok, Dunlop "has given no indication" that his leave will exceed two years. Bok, who called Dunlop "the most qualified individual in the country for the job," said that he was "pleased" with the Senate's approval of Dunlop...