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...blond, handsome and ruggedly virile, with the physique of a football tight end (6 ft. 2 in., 180 Ibs.). His dancing is strong and clear, the picture of disciplined power and instinctive authority. Yet unlike his great contemporaries Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev, Martins is not a magnet for the media. His impact has been almost entirely through his role as leading male dancer with the New York City Ballet, a company where the choreography rather than the performer is designed to star...
...line Democrats. Playing up her criticism of Reaganomics, she has sought to picture Danforth, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, as an accomplice to the 10.1% unemployment rate. Woods vigorously supports increased aid to the elderly, legalized abortion and the ERA. Although her candidacy has been a magnet for women's groups from all over the country, she has raised only some $750,000 so far, not enough for the heavy TV exposure she may need to unseat an incumbent. To compensate, Woods marches in just about every parade she can find, arriving at the scene...
...less money to spend. This year's 26% decrease in funding will sharply affect Title I (aid for the disadvantaged), handicapped and vocational education. In addition, 33 programs will henceforth have to vie on their own for a share of block grants, including voluntary school desegregation projects like magnet schools that provide alternatives to busing...
...presidents who signed the letter represent colleges that are actively involved with city public schools as part of a plan to speed desegregation by improving "magnet schools" to draw students from all over the city. Silber, the chairman of the President's Steering Committee of the Boston Schools Consortium said that it was essential that the committee involve itself in the school system including such action as the Spillane endorsement. "We are involved, it's right that we be heard," Silber said...
...ways he chooses to spend his money, we think his recent gift quite appropriate. We hope his donation spurs other alumni with spare change in their pockets to think about the needs of Harvard's young--and often neglected--scholars. This area has not in the past been a magnet for glamorous multi-million dollar contributions--a fact illustrated, at least in part, by the plight of most current junior faculty members--but few are as important if Harvard is to remain the preeminent incubator of academic talent...