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...Crichton says the "good stuff" is usually in fine condition. Washing and an occasional mending bring them back to life. "I bought most of these clothes five or six years ago, and they hold up better than my newer things," she adds...
...Zuckerman, 43, had been tenuous from the start. The situation deteriorated when, after promising to stay away from editorial decisions, Zuckerman labeled himself chairman of the editorial board atop the magazine's July masthead. Insiders say he has been looking for a younger man all along to attract newer talent and give the 123-year-old monthly more "energy," which, he says, had been lacking. Manning, a former Under Secretary of State and TIME senior editor, leaves the Atlantic with four National Magazine Awards (1971-73 and 1979) and its highest circulation ever (351,000). Whitworth will not assume...
Outrageous and unworkable, these proposals did not reflect a monolithic Third World view; in press policy, these countries differ according to their traditions and governments. Still, for many newer nations, the urgent needs of development take precedence over the luxury of a critical press. Explains Zimbabwe Journalist Chen Chimutengwenda: "We must have planned development, and the role of the media has to be planned too. Its role must be strictly defined for maximum contribution to development. A nation in a hurry to develop is like a nation in a state of emergency: freedom to criticize must be restricted...
...still newer and more controversial corneal operation was developed by Soviet Ophthalmologist Svyatoslav Fyodorov. In 1973 he examined a nearsighted 16-year-old youth whose glasses had been smashed in a fight. The shards had cut the cornea of one eye. Three days later the boy could see perfectly out of the eye-without glasses. The injury had inadvertently flattened the cornea...
...than 800% in the past eight years. Illinois law requires that when 20 or more English-deficient students of the same language background are enrolled in the same class, a bilingual program must be provided. Because the Spanish programs have been taught longer, Hispanics do reasonably well. Programs for newer ethnic groups-among them some 10,000 Japanese, 10,000 Chinese and 10,000 Filipinos-have been less effective. Last June an amendment calling for a total cutoff of bilingual funding passed the Illinois house but was rejected by the state senate...