Word: failed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their authoritative misjudgments of women. In a larger sense, the quartet was to exemplify all such men of affluence. But this is precisely where the show stumble, for Benfer, Mc Millan, Task and Val-Schmidt all work too hard at aping this stereotype. Striving to be warbling Everymen, they fail to make their characterizations personal enough to be individually endearing. Collectively, they do not more than communicate a state of mind pervasive among males of a specific period and class; in a retrospect, their renditions coalesce into a lively blur...
...real problem with Carter's proposal is that it relies on stop-gap measures that fail to address the underlying causes of the illegal immigrant problem. As long as there are millions of impoverished, frustrated Mexicans, there will be illegal immigration. No law can stop that...
...often, says Harvard's Riesman, public schools cater to teen-agers desire "to be entertained." Consequently, homework and requirements have gone down, grades have gone up. Watered-down curriculums fail to challenge. "The only places in schools today where people are really encouraged to perform up to capacity are in sports and the band," says Riesman, adding that elitism is almost as dirty a word as sexism or racism " Back-to-basics proponents advocate tightening up the curriculum with more requirements and forcing all students to show minimal competency" in essential skills before graduating. So far, 26 states have passed...
...professionals, was in an innovative mood. It approved when Merlin Ludwig, then superintendent of schools, granted West's 1,040 students a nonvoting chair on the board of education in 1970. Ludwig also introduced a more flexible curriculum. Grades were abolished at the elementary-school level, and a pass-fail option was installed at West. As a final gesture, Ludwig declared a new motto for his school district: "Iowa City Puts the Student First." In short, West in many ways came to resemble a college more than a high school...
Sadow, though, by no means has a pessimistic view of dissipated youth. Quivering with pride on the eve of yet another pitched battle between Harvard and Yale he offers this advice to tomorrow's contestants: "'In the bright lexicon of youth,' said Richilieu, `there is no such thing as fail.' I hope the Harvard varsity and freshmen remember that on Saturday...