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...dubbed "the gold-plated plumb ing caper." The elaborate fixtures had been picked out by MacArthur Principal Solomon Barnes, 36, although a salesman at the plumbing-supply house claims he had tried to get him to buy cheaper items. Johnny Jones, 46, superintendent of schools for the 225,000-pupil Dade Coun ty system, fifth largest in the nation, approved the purchase as a "special needs" requisition, which took it out of normal channels of review. On the records, the material was listed as "basketball uni forms and equipment." Principal Barnes maintained that he had been planning to start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Royal Flush | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

Laura, the teacher, and her young pupil are romping playfully on the lawn in front of their classroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Are Those Apes Really Talking? | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...Pupil (rolling on ground): You tickle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Are Those Apes Really Talking? | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...Annapolis, where he grits his teeth for three years. Laboring under the shadow of his father, Carter develops the win-or-die attitude of the killer politician. Crushed by his failure to win the governor's seat the first time around, Carter goes off to find himself, "a star pupil in the self-improvement school...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Not Just the Man Next Door | 2/29/1980 | See Source »

Most discussion centers on the great cities with large black populations where, experience so far suggests, busing's chances of success are slight. According to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the average black pupil in the North and West now attends schools more segregated than those in the South. After the U.S. Supreme Court gave yet another go-ahead to desegregation in Columbus last July, the U.S. Justice Department announced, without disclosing the targets, that it intends to investigate similar school districts elsewhere. As school opens this year, TIME examines four representative communities that, over the past eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Tale of Four Cities | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

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