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...year, at the Governor's urging, the general assembly enacted new education measures. Among them: a choice plan that will allow students to attend virtually any public school in the state, fines of up to $50 for parents who fail to show up for parent-teacher conferences and a minimum teacher salary of $16,000. But legislators, fearing a voter backlash, refused to pass a 1 cents boost in the sales tax to underwrite the package. Determined to carry through with his program, the Governor has been touring the state's small, backwoods communities since March to reignite enthusiasm...
...grumbling has been kept to a minimum. The blow has been softened by a rise of more than 100% in wages in the past twelve months; with too much money chasing too few goods, large amounts of cash are waiting to be soaked up. Moreover, workers and pensioners will be cushioned from the impact of diminishing subsidies by cost of living adjustments. Still, consumer stoicism is likely to evaporate quickly if the new market policy fails to improve supplies of foodstuffs and prices continue to rise...
...same period last year. During that time, member fines at the Merc have increased eightfold -- to $1.9 million. The day after the indictments were published, the Board of Trade announced it would initiate a $1 million upgrade in its computerized surveillance program as well as triple its minimum fines to $250,000. The Merc's chief, Leo Melamed, pledged "to put the fear of God" into traders...
...increase in vacation time for junior officers is another key issue for the police union, Mederos said. Currently, members of the Harvard University Police have the right to take two weeks vacation per year until they have served in the force for a minimum of five years, when they receive three weeks vacation...
...bound to happen in a global armada of about 367 N-subs -- 195 Soviet, 133 U.S., 19 British, nine French and at least one Chinese. In the 1980s alone, according to a recent report by Greenpeace and Washington's Institute for Policy Studies, about 60 -- the number is a minimum due to spotty disclosure records -- nuclear sub accidents have been logged, including fires, collisions and leaks of radioactivity...