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...their own. Until we remove the tyranny of the forced option from their lives, we cannot pretend that our system makes equal opportunity possible. Until then, both the words 'free' and 'equal,' instead of declaring what Herbert Croly once called 'the promise of American life,' will remain a mask for privilege." Sanford A. Lakoff Assistant Professor of Government
...FISH, which are increasingly difficult to find among the wakes of powerboats, are now indicated by Aqua-Ear, an underwater sonic system that tells the fisherman where to cut off the engine. And the underwater swimmer, after years of face masks that cut vision from 180° to 75° and made the prettiest girl look like a sea monster, can now buy a new kind of contact lens: a tiny mask made of shatterproof plastic that covers the entire eyeball. Invented by Washington, D.C., Optometrist Alan Grant and Navy Captain Edward Beckman, the new lenses cost $175 a pair...
...Continued its consistent play through most of the second period, forcing Sweitser to use even his face mask to held them scoreless. Harvard finally scrambled its way back into the game at 19:13 when Badly Smith knocked in a loose puck in front of Terrier goalie John Ferreira. Linemates Barry Treadwell and Billy Lamarche assisted...
Adult Sixth-Graders. Most Americans dread math because teachers have long used strong-arm drills to mask their own ignorance of the subject; even now more than half the states do not require a single college math course for certified elementary schoolteachers. Taught rote computation, children have usually lost all curiosity in the process. As an instance, most kids must still wait for third grade to tackle such "carrying" problems as 39 plus 3, even though first-graders can easily do it by counting 40, 41, 42 on their fingers...
...respiration gasmeter, invented at the Max Planck Institute of Dortmund, Germany, weighs 81 Ibs., is about the size of a lunchbox, and includes a transparent face mask attached to the box by a flexible hose. It operates on the principle that physical work involves energy consumption that can be measured by the amount of oxygen the body consumes. Air expelled from the patient's lungs during a work period is collected through the face mask and stored in an orange balloon. Then the balloon is detached and its contents analyzed. Measurement of the amount of unused oxygen tells...