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Bowdoin's unprecedented break with the great American tradition of standardized testing has turned out to be a freak. Elsewhere in the country, nothing much changed; and down in Princeton, N.J., Educational Testing Service (ETS) was expanding its operations into a host of new fields. Apart from some 1.5 million pre- and elementary school children just entering the mill, 20,000 teenagers applying to exclusive private schools, 1.8 million high school students heading for college, 300,000 applicants to graduate schools, 74,000 considering business careers, and 120,000 hoping to be lawyers--all of whom will have to sharpen...
...appearing on TV talk shows, New York University has invited her to lecture on female psychology, and the New York Times Magazine has asked her to write an article on female sexuality. So many want to plumb Hite, in fact, that she has decided to turn down a host of suitors, including Penthouse and much of the British press. Says Hite's agent: "Now she wants to be very selective in the things she does...
Radcliffe tennis proved a cold host to its University of New Hampshire opponents yesterday, as it decisive 4-1 victory spoiled the Wildcats' undefeated fall court season while it upped the racquetwomen's slate...
Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere, most influential of the front-line Presidents, challenged this view, insisting that black majority rule must come immediately. Mozambique's President Samora Machel, host to the largest band (5,000 to 8,000) of Rhodesian guerrillas, said he would continue to support "armed struggle by the gallant freedom fighters of Zimbabwe [the black African name for Rhodesia] until the day independence is achieved." Ian Smith was grousing that Kissinger's package deal included an end to guerrilla warfare and international sanctions. To make matters worse, after a week-long conference in Mozambique...
Manila is not yet a standard stop on the international convention and curiosity circuit, but it seems to be trying. Two years ago, the Philippine capital played host to the Miss Universe Contest, and last year it had the Ali-Frazier heavyweight title bout. Last week the city rolled out the carpet for 1,500 leaders of international finance and banking who gathered to attend the first annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank ever held in Southeast Asia...