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PFAW could not defend texts blacklisted by the Gablers at the public hearings, since state regulations allow only negative testimony and prohibit all positive comment. But the board of education will accept written rebuttals by supporters of the criticized texts. In a junior high school health text, the Gablers objected...
Next the hard-liners on Israel persuaded the President, over Haig's objection, to have the White House say that Begin's scheduled visit with Reagan this week was "tentative." The condition: Israel should not attack Beirut. But the announcement had little impact. State Department diplomats promptly phoned the Israeli...
Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a loose alliance that links Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, met in Riyadh last week to consider a common plan. At a similar meeting last month, several gulf states had wanted to censure Syria for its support...
But only a month later, Harvard officials agreed to preserve the buildings by altering the University Place design, and on January 8 the historical commission accepted the new plan without objection, cleaning the way for Corporation approval of the massive development later that month. About 40 neighborhood residents attending the...
Bok says the practical suggestions that caused such controversy--like using SAT scores and high school records to determine which students are "likely" to finish college and thus qualify for aid--were only "meant to generate discussion" and not intended as actual proposals. But his perception of education as a...