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With skepticism still running high about the Carter warehouse probe, Curran will be watched closely, a fact that he knows full well. Says he: "I have a job to do regardless of the public's attitudes. The people can judge later whether I've done...
...annoyance of the state's teachers, James has ordered that achievement tests be given to students in public elementary schools and has suggested that a method be devised to grade teachers as well. His object is to pinpoint problem schools. James has also proposed diverting $70 million from the state's sprawling, 58-campus higher education system to elementary and secondary schools; Alabama now ranks 47th in the nation in expenditures per pupil...
Deals are also made inside the street's ground-floor stores, many of which are actually indoor public markets, where merchants can rent booths for prices of up to $2,500 a month. Unlike the hushed elegance of a room at Tiffany's a few blocks away, the market is a bustle of good-natured haggling, questioning and exhorting in many languages...
...only if Greenwald would assume full responsibility for any damages. After all, a spokesman argued, a repairman might be injured during a blackout if he worked on lines that were kept "live" by Greenwald's windmill. Intent on striking a blow against monopolies, Greenwald appealed to the state Public Service Commission. Said he: "People are trying to become more self-sufficient. The windmill is a step in that direction." The commission ruled last week that the utility was being unreasonable in asking Greenwald "to indemnify the company against its own negligence." The commission ordered the utility to plug into...
Possibly the most tired of all was Bazargan, but the 71-year-old Prime Minister showed little sign of exhaustion as he hosted a huge bar-e-aam (public reception) at Tehran's modern concrete-and-steel sports arena to mark the new year. In a simple, direct talk, Bazargan touched on some of the issues facing his government. He assured the crowd of 10,000 that the rights of all the people of Iran, including women and religious minorities, will be preserved in the new constitution for an Islamic republic. But he also said that neither...