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Almost a month off after only eight months on the job seems like the vacation deal of all time to most Americans, who on average must complete one full year of service to be eligible for a mere nine paid vacation days. But lengthy vacations are generally the norm throughout Europe for labor and management alike...
Critics point out that the "national norm" measuring a student's performance is far from absolute. It has been set lower in recent editions of some tests to reflect declining scores. A student above this year's norm is likely to be below the norm of, say, 15 years ago. Skeptics also complain that teachers are drilling students on test skills instead of real reading and writing. Disgusted by the cramming mania, one Missouri superintendent recommended that schools in his district refrain from "preparing for the Super Bowl...
Hopkins' suffering typified a number of major problems complicating relations between the Government and Viet Nam veterans. First, the Reagan Administration had announced plans to make deep cuts in the VA budget. Second, most VA hospitals are far better equipped to handle physical disabilities, which are the norm among older veterans, than psychological disabilities, which predominate among Viet Nam vets. Third, the VA has been slow to acknowledge the existence of "delayed stress syndrome," mental illnesses that arise years after their cause has ceased-in this case the war. Fourth, the Government has rejected the claim of thousands...
...result, HMC's current strategy is to recommit itself to the bond market and reduce exposure in common stocks. This strategy represents a substantial change from recent year, during which the proportion of Harvard's portfolio invested in stocks reach a high of 75 per cent from a norm during the '70s of about 60 per cent. "What we're trying to do is say where is the better value? We don't see how an economy can continue to prosper with very high interest rates," Cabot says...
...unwashed hands, shortly after dissecting corpses. The agency of infection is clear, and so is the stormy response of complacently entrenched ignorance. In the title role, Jeffrey DeMunn is prickly, volatile and poignant. Playwright Sackler reanimates the theme of his The Great White Hope: a man who defies the norm and opens society's eyes may well be crushed by society's iron fist. -By T.E.Kalem