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...Rather than have children drop out later," urges Connecticut Commissioner of Education Gerald Tirozzi, "let's have them drop in earlier." But how early? Tirozzi wants to start schooling for all children at four. So does New York State Commissioner of Education Gordon Ambach, who believes that early starts for all will give poorer children the same advantages that many of their middle-class peers already enjoy in private preschool programs. A growing number of administrators agree. They are trying to accommodate the push for early education by shifting to full-day programs. About a third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Getting Off to a Quick Start | 10/8/1984 | See Source »

...policy seems to have discouraged many students from purchasing tickets to the game. Despite the fact that Army has allotted a block of several thousand seats for Harvard students, "only a handful have come down to the basement of Harvard Hall to pick up tickets," said Ticket Manager Gordon Page...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Discount Tickets Nuked by Army | 10/2/1984 | See Source »

...Cambridge Police officers at the scene said the accident could have occurred because of Gordon's neglect of the stop sign. But because of the contradictory statements of several witnesses, the case will be referred to court to determine which party was at fault, police said. No citation or ticket was issued...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minor Accident Injures Biker On Bow Street | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

...wake of the Watts riots and the push for community control, you got blaxploitation." These were the low-budget gangster and horror movies that, along with prestige efforts like Sounder and Lady Sings the Blues, detonated the explosion of black films in the early '70s. Suddenly directors like Gordon Parks and Melvin van Peebles had broken the color barrier, and Cicely Tyson and Diana Ross were crossover stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Blues for Black Actors | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

...points and lost by 15. Patriot Rookie Irving Fryar caught the first touchdown pass of his pro career. Even before Harris had shed all of his armor afterward, Fryar appeared at Franco's stall and quietly sat down next to a bald man with an amiable smile, Bill Gordon, who happened to coach them both in high school. Gordon regarded the two players with the pleasure of an architect imagining his last house adjoining his first. To Fryar, 21, the thought of just having shared a field with Franco Harris was stupefying. For Harris, these episodes of This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Excellence by the Yard | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

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