Word: gams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When such a "tipping point" can be avoided and schools are relatively calm, the achievement of whites does not decline and that of minorities improves. In Hartford's Project Concern tests have shown that black children gam up to 1.2 years' worth of reading skills in four months, while control groups of children left in the ghetto fall farther and farther below national averages. Since integration, reading scores have gone up for Berkeley primary children of all races, although not as rapidly for blacks and Chicanos as for whites and Asians. The problem for the slower students seems...
Fortunately, vigorous objectors abound in Manhattan. Last month the brand-new International Council of Legmen issued its first public manifesto. Major aim of "this dedicated group of gam aficionados: to establish a unified voice on fashion decisions relating to female leg exposure." Says Council Chairman Thomas Redington: "Designers are paying too little attention to legmen. We're going to change all that, even if it takes some high-pressure lobbying." Already, letters have gone out to all members of Congress; Legmen predict large-scale support...