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Astronomers think otherwise. Some refer to the mail-order operation as "Stargate" and "Starscam." Says Swarthmore College Astronomer Wulff Heintz, without even the trace of a twinkle: "You could call it a fraud." What irritates professional stargazers is that the self-styled registry, which began in 1979 and "sold" more than 30,000 stars last year, is invading turf that has long been their special preserve. By astronomical tradition, only a few dozen of the brightest stars, such as Sirius, Vega, Betelgeuse and Aldebaran, are called by proper names, many of which derive from early Arab astronomy. The remainder...
...Milano cookies. Or Entenmann chocolate chip cookies. Or Brach's Giant Circus Peanuts. Or cigarettes. Or soda. Or "doughnuts that look like they're about to implode." Or incense with erotic pictures on the packages. Or mixed nuts. Or penny candy, gum, or mints. Even the customers who refer to it as "Steal 24" admit that the place seems to stock every type of junk food known...
...week's end, the general asked the deputies to pass a resolution "firmly demanding the immediate halt of all strikes." If that call went unheeded, Jaruzelski warned, the government would resort to "extraordinary means of action for the protection of citizens and the state." He seemed to refer to imposing martial law. The legislators responded with a cautiously worded resolution calling for "an end to all protest actions" and warning of possible "legal measures" against disorder. In addition, the Premier announced a government reshuffle that brought five new ministers and a Deputy Premier into his Cabinet...
Until 1978, ETS did not acknowledge or refer to two studies conducted in 1961 and 1965 that attributed gains of 40 to 85 points to special test preparation. ETS's Jackson says in his formal written response to the Slack-Porter Educational Review article that the studies "examined score gains by students involved in lengthy educational programs that go well beyond what is ordinarily described by the term 'coaching.'" But in reviewing the mountain of research conducted on the issue, Slack and Porter found that one of the programs analyzed was only 17 minutes longer than those Jackson calls "short...
United Kingdom. Critics now refer to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as "Tina," an acronym of her repeated declaration that "there is no alternative" to her government's punishing policies. Although unemployment has more than doubled from 5.4% when she took office in May 1979 to 12.4% last month, Thatcher adamantly believes a decline in the inflation rate, now 11.5% annually, is a precondition to economic growth. "I did not promise a quick answer," she told Parliament during the Liverpool riots. She is fighting to hold average-wage increases to 4% for the country's 7 million public sector...