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By age 15, all Soviet students are slotted into distinct scholastic groups; only one of every five applicants wins entry into one of the country's 63 universities or 800 technical institutes. Competition is especially stiff for the top universities of Moscow and Leningrad and the Institute of Foreign...
It was a mild spring evening in Moscow, and the city's balletomanes had turned out in force. The setting was familiar: the ornately gilded, plush-trimmed Bolshoi Theater. So was the program, which included an adagio from Sleeping Beauty and variations from Don Quixote and Le Corsaire. But...
Many teachers favor rigorous teaching standards, including the use of compulsory minimum-competency tests-at least for candidates starting out in their careers. They are dismayed by the public's disapproval. Says Linda Kovaric, 32, a teacher at Olympic Continuation High School in Santa Monica, Calif.: "The administration tells...
> The Navy's problem may be the most severe of all: it is short 21,000 experienced petty officers. In particular, the Navy needs good men for key supervisory jobs, such as boiler technician, machinist's mate and aviation bosun's mate. Notes a senior Navy official: "We're hurting...
The DOE accepted proposals in just about every energy field, including wood, wind, solar, biomass, hydropower and the general area of conservation. To get money, however, the applicants must first go through a rigorous winnowing process that is designed to eliminate technically unfeasible ideas and those that do not meet...