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...creativity, ingenuity, perseverance, compassion and patience. The standardized test, in its present form, obviously cannot and does not attempt to measure these qualities, but it is still unclear whether in emphasizing intelligence and ignoring other positive human characteristics, the test manufacturers and their advocates are doing society a grave injustice; many seem to believe they...

Author: By Marc J. Jenkins, | Title: Testing: Questioning the Standards | 2/27/1980 | See Source »

...strategic thinking. For example, what is one to make of the threat to inflict "unacceptable damage on the enemy should he strike? Who has ever defined "unacceptable damage?" using what standards? and whose norms? I will pass over these matters, however, to proceed to an issue of especially grave importance for the U.S.-USSR military competition, namely the concept "strategic" itself...

Author: By Richard E. Pipes, | Title: An Impossible Dream? | 2/21/1980 | See Source »

...would deny the novelty of the projects--clever creations that run the artistic gamut from humorous to grave, from monumental to miniscule. The works make a wonderful display, and the exhibit "Arts on the Line" now at the Hayden Gallery at MIT captures the lively innovation and ingenuity of the schemes...

Author: By Lois E. Nesbitt, | Title: Art Goes Under | 2/15/1980 | See Source »

Alice Wolf, a school committee member, said yesterday several committee members "have grave concerns about the law, but they also have grave concerns about not obeying...

Author: By Jonathan D. Rabinovitz, | Title: Cambridge Schools Postpone Decision On Compliance With State Prayer Law | 2/5/1980 | See Source »

...convinced that the lives of the American citizens in the embassy are not at risk. I think also that the problem is coming to its solution. It seems to me correct for the U.S. not to have let itself be drawn by the temptation to use force because a grave conflict could have been created. If a conflict takes place in that area, the price of oil will increase by $50 or $60 a bbl. And that would be really disastrous for all countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: An Interview with Fidel Castro | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

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