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...psychological profile on Andrei, based on school records and interviews with Americans who knew him. The resulting picture was of a typically confused teen: diffident, preoccupied with rock 'n' roll, "a little screwed up." But the youth was not known to harbor strong political views of any hue...
...agency heads the right to force lie-detector tests on employees suspected of passing classified information to reporters. The announcement was greeted with puzzlement, since many leaks come from these same officials when it suits their purpose. Last week, on closer scrutiny, the order took on a more ominous hue...
...with varying degrees of skepticism or approval. In a joint statement with Helsinki Watch and Americas Watch, two human rights groups, Michael Posner, executive director of the Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights, accused the Administration of "disturbing biases" toward countries in which it "has a strong political stake." Hue-Tam Tai, a Vietnamese professor of history at Harvard University, questioned the conclusion that Hanoi was last year's most egregious human rights violator. "There are other countries, including China, Iran and some U.S. allies in South America, that I would consider very likely worse," she said...
...hand, that flat rule regulations raised all the usual hue and cry about standardized tests' imprecision and inherent unfairness; the rule dis-criminatex against inner-city students whose vocabularies were different, against students from poorer families, and so forth. But the more pressing problem turned out to be one of mere practicality. So many students failed to pass seventh grade that the already crowded facilities became almost useless; and a substantial number of students, though tested several years in a row, failed to pass. The presence of 17- and 18-year-old seventh-graders was a dramatic condemnation...
...hue and cry have obscured another issue. Many universities have demonstrated through past recruitment practices that they place greater value on athletic prowess than academic prowess. Special dormitories, high paying summer jobs and full scholarships are available at some universities which provide few extra incentives for intellectual achievement--either for students or faculty. In more than one instance athletic directors and coaches have received contracts which pay ten times the salary of the chairman of the Chemistry department...