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College officials hazard varied reasons for their windfalls. "The economy is doing better," suggests Boston University Administrator David Hollowell, "and parents seem to feel comfortable paying for private schools." Moreover, admissions deans were counting on so-called summer melt from students who keep their options open by accepting places at several colleges. Some deans underestimated the number who would actually come. "The ghosts showed up," says Middlebury's associate admissions director, Herbert Dalton. In addition, at some schools fewer upperclassmen are leaving to make room. The dropout may be fading out. In today's tough job market, observes...
...good and well, but the really important thing is that the research didn't show caffeine poses a hazard to the public," he added...
...cartoonists across the country are having trouble drawing a bead on Fritz Mondale. Some admit that they have not "found" their Mondale face yet. Can this be an indication of Mondale's difficulty in getting himself across? Some cartoonists will tell you that it is more an occupational hazard of their own craft...
Major carriers are enthusiastic about the Airfone's reliability and usefulness. TWA already has equipment on board six planes, and United has prepared an in-flight video pitch to show passengers. No one, however, has yet dealt with what may become a new hazard of air travel for those weary frequent flyers: sitting next to someone engaged in a long and boring yak with the ground. One consolation, observes Delta Public Relations Director Bill Berry: "You can call out, but people can't call you." At least...
Despite omens so favorable that overconfidence seemed to be the G.O.P.'s lone hazard, the spirit of Dallas was surprisingly feisty, even belligerent. Speaker after speaker sharply berated the Democrats, eliciting war cries and hoots from a convention that seemed to smell blood. The best-received barbs, and the constant efforts to link Walter Mondale to the Carter presidency, reflected a conservative ideology that relished its moment of triumph within the party. In notable contrast to his acceptance speech in Detroit four years ago, Reagan endorsed the tendentious tone with an unusually sharp attack of his own. He called...