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From this perspective, a trio of Newsweek cover stories in the past three months seemed to be setting out in a different direction. An April article on poverty in the U.S., with a controversial combination of cover billings ("Reagan's America"; "And the Poor Get Poorer"), was castigated in Newsweek's own pages by Columnist Milton Friedman for giving a "most misleading impression." The following week's cover billed the "final days" of Leonid Brezhnev, and based the story on an unconfirmed report of a stroke supposedly suffered by the Soviet President. Said an upset Newsweek staffer...
Many experts expect foreclosures to continue climbing in the U.S. because of the recession and towering interest costs. A rising default rate can also make hard times worse. Consumers feel poorer and tend to spend less when they fear for their homes, or when values are dropping, since housing is the largest investment that most people make. In California, where home prices have more than quadrupled since 1970, the impact of foreclosures may be especially damaging. Says Shulman: "People here have been counting on their homes to build their fortunes." Those fortunes increasingly look as if they may be built...
...emphatic about the scores' role as only one indicator among many--all of which cast light on the type of background that may have affected the scores. But few admissions officers think the tests' imperfections impairs their ability to predict performance. Ignoring the tests because they suggest that poorer students have less education smacks of "killing the bearer of bad news," says Robert E. Klitgaard '68, special assistant to President Bok and a testing expert, contending that admissions committees must consider a student's preparedness. Yale's David concedes both tests can be culturally biased, but that college admissions...
Disregarding standardized tests because they suggest that poorer students have less education smacks of 'killing the bearer of bad news.' Robert E. Klitgaard...
...British were not in a conciliatory mood when the ministers turned next to the budget. For three years Thatcher had been negotiating for cash rebates to reduce Britain's contributions to the Community budget. One of the poorer members, Britain could end up putting about $1.5 billion more into the common coffer this year than it will get back. The Community had offered to compromise by granting Britain a rebate of at least $800 million. But British Foreign Minister Francis Pym brusquely told his colleagues he found "great difficulty" with that proposal...