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...signs are bright that Cambridge public school officials will resist the lure of all the new numbers they have to play with. One schools committee member apparently fell into the trap of looking at the scores as a indication of primarily students, not schools; "With a few exceptions," she said, "they're horrendous...
...your girlfriend at 11 o'clock at night." Karen Crowell of Knox College reminds prospects that Galesburg, Ill., is the birthplace of Poet Carl Sandburg and site of the fifth Lincoln-Douglas debate. She adds, "There are a lot of large Victorian homes and brick streets." Who can resist...
...flurry of hints was enough to prompt cautious relief in Bonn, the first, and easily most crucial, stop on Bush's trip. "The West's policy was never all or nothing," noted West German Defense Minister Worner. "The allies should resist all divisive tactics." During his three-day stay in West Germany, Bush is to deliver a major address at a West Berlin dinner at which Mayor Richard von Weizsacker will be host, as well as meet with government and opposition leaders in Bonn. One problem the Vice President faces is avoiding the appearance of attempting to influence...
...trend" story on the higher education beat last spring. Ever ready to set the record straight, I editorialized in The Crimson that the alleged realignment didn't extend much beyond the founding of a few right-wing periodicals, several with extensive outside encouragement and funding. Unable to resist the soap box, I also proclaimed that what seemed to be an indifferent undergraduate population actually concealed a politically aware "liberal" majority...
...York Times has never warmed to Reagan, but has not before criticized him so sweepingly. As Max Frankel, editor of the editorial page, says, "The credibility of the tone of voice counts when you are trying to reach readers tempted to resist your conclusions." But for Frankel the climate has changed: "Do we belong to the culture at large? Sure. The same editorial 18 months ago would have sounded hollow or bitchy...