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Golle says many of the criticisms are the inevitable backlash from unions and city government. "There are a whole bunch of people who like it just the way it is and would prefer that people believe that we've not been successful--when in fact we have." And it is true that some officials would like to continue the EAI experiment. Baltimore schools superintendent Walter Amprey says the company has cleaned up some of the schools, maintained appropriate class sizes and promoted healthy competition to provide better school services...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRIVATIZED LIVES | 11/13/1995 | See Source »

...outdone, J&J/Merck countersued in September, charging SmithKline with "false advertising" and asking for "corrective advertising and punitive and actual damages." Their suit noted, for example, that SmithKline falsely claimed that Tagamet HB and SmithKline's Tums work faster, and that doctors prefer Tagamet HB to Pepcid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FIRE IN THE BELLY, MONEY IN THE BANK | 11/6/1995 | See Source »

...their attitudes towards the Core Curriculum's philosophy which "seeks to introduce students to the major approaches to knowledge..." Yes No N/A Were you aware of this philosophy? 70 27 3 Do you agree with it? 66 20 13* Does the Core fulfill it? 37 37 26 Would you prefer distributional requirements? 67 28 8 Are you satisfied with the Core? 54 35 11 Did Expos Improve your writing? 44 51 5 Are you proficient in the language with which you passed your requirement? 54 46 0 Source: Undergraduate Council *Figures provided...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: UC Finds Students Favor Changes in Core | 11/3/1995 | See Source »

...realize we now have a $25 dollar allowance to spend on visitors, but that really amounts to only 2 and 7/9ths dinners. Or 3 and 4/7ths plates of rice. Whichever you prefer...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: Some Modest Proposals | 11/1/1995 | See Source »

...course, the big powers that designed the organization could still shake it by the ears if they wished. Yet often they prefer to use the U.N. as a scapegoat for their own lack of resolve, which was what really failed Bosnia for so long. A special debility in handling crises has come from America's modern horror at the possibility that a single soldier might die. Eban notes, "Nothing can happen without the Americans. Everything can happen with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE U.N. AT 50: WHO NEEDS IT? | 10/30/1995 | See Source »

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