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Bristling at such talk, Moscow accused the U.S. of mounting an anti-Soviet propaganda campaign. Noted TASS: "One gets the impression that instead of encouraging dialogue between our countries and creating a favorable atmosphere (for the summit), attempts are being made to raise obstacles." There is some merit to the Administration's desire to focus on fundamental issues rather than cosmetic agreements, but there are high risks as well. Too many harsh signals from Washington before November could convince the Soviets once and for all that they can never do business with Ronald Reagan. If that happens, the "agenda...
...more liberal note, the committee recommended the retention of so-called merit awards designed to lure top students to Harvard. In addition, it urged that the GSAS continue to guarantee support for second year students at the same level provided in their first year...
...Carnegie Recital Hall and Town Hall. Five of the musicals opened originally on Broadway between 1917 and 1932; the sixth, Zip! Goes a Million, closed out of town in 1919 (and thus could have been eligible in the Tonys' "new musical" category). All have a witty ebullience that would merit revival even if they did not boast some unforgettable songs: I've Told Every Little Star, Till the Clouds Roll By, Bill, The Song Is You, We Belong Together, dozens more. But the music is precisely the reason these delightful shows have returned to the spotlight. For this is Jerome...
...kind of success we are most interested in fostering? Because this type cannot be predicted adequately, Klitgaard seems to say, let's ignore it. Yet this seems self-defeating, as we may then be forced to reward people for the wrong reasons according to some unfair standard of academic "merit" whereby some members of society have unequal advantages...
...excessive devotion to a flawed method of selection in order to select an elite class based on the wrong principles Klitgaard aptly quotes psychologis David McClelland on this point: the testing movement is in grave danger of perpetuating a mythological meritocracy in which none of the measures of merit bears a significant demonstrable validity with respect to any measures outside the charmed circle...