Word: magnetism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...about power politics, and since we are, let's not apologize for the fact; let's talk about it. We have all kinds of people who would be glad to know that the U.S. is in there and committed, and I think we would find, like a magnet, a whole lot of those filings coming toward us." There are many steps that the U.S. could take with both allies and opponents. Panelist Dale Tahtinen argued that Iraq, an important oil producer and supposedly proSoviet, has been making efforts "for the last five, six years, even longer than that...
Kansas City, heartland magnet, lured 525 conventions, 618,000 delegates, $133 million. Attractions: 17,000 hotel rooms, 186,000 sq. ft. exhibition space, steakhouses, symphony, shopping...
...after serving as one of the city's assistant superintendents. Hannon's plan, known as Access to Excellence, avoids mandatory busing. Instead, it permits pupils to transfer to any Chicago school with vacancies if the transfer aids desegregation. More significant, ATE seeks integration by creating magnet schools that offer advanced programs to qualified students who live anywhere in the city, and by setting up more than 100 part-time career counseling, cultural and remedial programs. These include natural science courses at the lakefront Shedd Aquarium and courses in hotel management offered at two downtown Holiday Inns...
...magnet school program is not Hannon's only concern. In 1977 the school system lost an eight-year legal battle against a federal order for reassignment of teachers and principals to increase integration. Hannon thereupon transferred 3,500 teachers and principals in an integration program that Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph Califano called "a model for the nation." But last month a federal judge declared the scheme unconstitutional because it exempted teachers over age 55, thereby discriminating against younger teachers. Meanwhile, Hannon has ignored a recommendation from the school board's City-Wide Advisory Committee, made...
...that was founded in 1781 as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciúncula. At a conservative estimate, some 1.6 million of the metropolitan area's 7 million residents are Hispanics, overwhelmingly of Mexican descent. That makes Los Angeles a magnet for the estimated 7 million legally resident Hispanics scattered across the southwestern...