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Across America, crises over money, schoolroom violence and forced busing threaten to overwhelm the cities' public schools. In Chicago and Philadelphia, the school districts are reeling under deficits totaling tens of millions of dollars. In New York and Los Angeles assaults on teachers and students were at an alltime high. In Washington and Richmond, so many white families have fled to the suburbs that the city schools are being left, de facto, segregated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Detroit's Schools Head Toward Disaster | 2/19/1973 | See Source »

...last four section of Part I were striking: the chorale and recitative beautifully mixed sole and chorus passengers. The air for baritone with trumpet obbligato was played with sensitivity to text and expression. The solo trumpet did not overwhelm the singer and played with clean attacks, soft trills, and smooth phrasing in the upward-receiving suspensions...

Author: By Kenneth Hoffman, | Title: University Choir Sings | 12/15/1972 | See Source »

Harvard hits the opposition with Bruce Johnson and Jim Strathmeyer, both of whom won impressive matches against B.U. at 167 and 177. Cornell and UMass wield power at 158 and should overwhelm the Crimson's Rock Hinkle, who suffered a 6-1 drubbing by B.U. John Keough (167) splits duties with Johnson and tackles UMass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Matmen Grab Cornell, UMass In Triangular Meeting Today | 12/9/1972 | See Source »

...price fixing, and deterrents to competition are their clients' rewards while the lawyers themselves collect from $35 to $250 per hour. They avoid publicity seeking, bullying Federal agents, or taking undue advantage of Congressional and Executive connections. They have their own methods, the "graceful technique is to smother, to overwhelm, and always with good natured tolerance of the bureaucrats...

Author: By David J. Scheffer, | Title: D.C.'s Blue-Chip Barristers | 11/22/1972 | See Source »

Penn plays its defensive backs deep and blitzes the corner back into the flow of any outside play hoping either to nail the sweep of overwhelm the option passer before he can get rid of the ball. Thus calls for a good short passer reading quickly and throwing into the flat which means that Crone may finally he relegated to the bench. Restic quarterback during the week but he has been saving You're going to see mute of Jimmy Stockel a little more emphatically this week...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Football Team Favored Over Pennsylvania Today | 11/4/1972 | See Source »

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