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Teachers get them instead. Attired in trim khaki-and-white uniforms, Moton youngsters between the ages of four and 11 work through reading and mathematics exercises and then at recess stampede out of the air-conditioned, cinder-block building to become blurs in the steamy 100 degrees heat. They are candid about their options. "If I was home, I'd just sit around," says fifth-grader Alkima Thomas...
...broker a compromise between the Administration and Congress over the new civil rights bill. But Bush rejected a bipartisan plan to bar employers from demanding higher qualifications than a job requires, a practice that can tend to discriminate against minority applicants. So when the Senate returns from its August recess, it will deal with two explosive issues centering on affirmative action...
That was a threat he had used before, but the party leaders took him seriously. They called a quick recess, then returned to announce that the Politburo was proposing that Gorbachev's resignation not be considered. The motion passed overwhelmingly, 322-13, with 14 abstentions. It seems obvious now that no matter how much steam the hard-liners let off, the party has no ready alternative to Gorbachev...
...ACADEMIC CALENDAR is undoubtedly one of Harvard's most unappealing aspects. Not only do we get a scanty two weeks for winter recess, but we have to come back and endure an excruciating month-long combination of reading period and finals. Our spring finals month is just as hellish as the winter one, but at least it's followed by a vacation. (I guess we're lucky that they give us our finals before we leave home for the summer--they could conceivably administer our exams upon our return the following September...
What's happening in Washington? Not much, actually. Except for a few committees examining high-profile issues, many legislators are coasting from the recent Easter holiday toward the Memorial Day recess. But the slowdown hasn't kept some of them from two favorite diversions: pork-barreling and politicking. The envelope, please...