Word: leveler
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...number of faultfinding responses have satisfied the authors as much -- well, almost -- as the number of readers. Bloom notes that his purpose was never to offer a full range of solutions but rather to raise questions and, perhaps too, the level of debate. That, both of them have done, along with some hackles. And while some educators concede, however grudgingly, that the bottom line on both books is their extraordinary ability to engage the nation in a renewed dialogue on education, others say the very popularity of the books is the most powerful argument against their theses. For where...
Other military experts, like Washington's Anthony Cordesman, consultant and author of the forthcoming book The Iran-Iraq War: 1984-1987, counsel more caution. Says Cordesman: "The key factor is to allow Iran to determine the level of escalation. The U.S. must not be perceived as escalating the conflict." U.S. military planners last week were hewing closely to Cordesman's line and planning for contingencies based on the nature of any foreseeable Iranian provocations. If Iran were to fire upon an American vessel with its Chinese-made Silkworm missiles, for example, the U.S. would most likely seek to destroy...
Those are largely tactical considerations. At the strategic level of coping with the gulf crisis and with Iran, experts find far fewer cut-and-dried answers. One strongly held view, however, is that Washington must devise all its moves in the region in much closer concert with U.S. allies. "The incredible feature of the gulf at the moment is how the U.S. is standing virtually alone, exposed," says Military Historian Edward Luttwak, author of Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace. As Luttwak sees it, "The whole lesson of history teaches the necessity of achieving consensus, at home and abroad...
...serious impediment to European expansion is the high level of interest rates. In Sweden, where GNP growth is expected to be only 1.5% this year, the interest rate charged by banks to prime corporate customers can be as high as 11.5%, compared with the 8.25% levied on similar loans in the U.S. Nils Lundgren, vice president of Pkbanken, a major Swedish bank, argued that the U.S. was responsible for pushing up interest rates around the globe because Washington must borrow so much money abroad to help finance the federal budget deficit ($221 billion last year). Said Lundgren...
...would like to remind employers who are looking for people to fill entry- level jobs ((ECONOMY & BUSINESS, July 20)) that there is a group out there with disabilities who are ready and willing to work. My son is 20, mentally retarded and gainfully employed at McDonald's in Bakersfield, Calif. His functioning level and self-esteem have shot sky-high, and his employer has a dependable, capable employee who is happy to be working at any wage...