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...missiles. Nuclear bombs are not built within city limits: no explosive or radioactive materials are used. Supporters counter that Cambridge will be a safer place to live because it somehow would be lowered on the Soviet hit list--specious logic since Cambridge would still be in the backyard of hi-tech Boston...
...chronicled a nation with declining basic skills, foundering will and a diminishing ability to compete with a hi-tech rival like Japan. In May, the National Commission on Excellence in Education (NCEE) stirred the most concern when it reported that the U.S. was "at risk" from "a rising tide of mediocrity." Its judgment: standards are too low, the school day is too short, teachers are paid too little and education is too far down the list of national priorities. The report's ringing indictment: "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance...
...bulk of Government aid is likely to go to old industries with great political clout (steel or autos) rather than to emerging ones (computers and robotics). This has often been the experience in Europe. Says Michael Wachter, an economic adviser to President Carter: "France and Germany have made their hi-tech sectors weaker with government help. Those industries become more dependent on their governments for support, and the help proves to be something negative, not positive." Adds Donald Carroll, dean of the Wharton business school: "We should not look to France as an example for what this country should...
...writers differ. Besides, Mazursky admits his original idea for Tempest came a decade ago, long before he knew the Shakespeare play, when he wanted to make a film about the relationships between family members. There are token attempts to maintain some of the Bard. But two hi-tech lightning storms and exclamations like, "you are a good, hors," from Kalibanos rain the subtle translation Mazursky could have made of Shakespeare's examination of the link between knowledge and magic...
...ambition, keep the loyalty of those accustomed to Cronkite's businesslike, low-key delivery? Or will NBC's John Chancellor, another in the trusty Cronkite mold, steal away some of CBS's audience? Will ABC news, which tried to de-emphasize the anchorman and gambled on hi-tech flashiness instead, be able to lift itself out of third place? The air is full of expensive uncertainty...