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Controlled choice plans are already being implemented in several Massachusetts cities, including Lowell, Fall River and Cambridge. Boston is in its first year of a controlled choice system, and Milwaukee is considering adopting a similar plan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ed School Considers Desegregation Center | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

Poland and Hungary, former one-party Communist states, are hurtling toward Western-style democracy and hundreds of thousands of people are taking to the streets in East Germany to demand a similar transformation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soviet Minister Sees End to Warsaw Pact | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

...picture does not show is that a few moments earlier the Viet Cong had slaughtered the family of Loan's best friend in a house just up the road. All this occurred during the Tet offensive, a state of general mayhem all over South Viet Nam. The Communists in similar circumstances would not have had qualms about summary execution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Imprisoning Time in a Rectangle | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

...letter to The Crimson this summer, Walsh made similar accusations about Duehay because he advised the Board of Zoning Appeal and the License Commission. Walsh called such activity "improper" because, as a council member, Duehay indirectly helps select board members...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: City Council to Consider Ethics Regulations | 10/24/1989 | See Source »

Although there is no question that higher education prices are high--and similar from school to school--this is not necessarily a product of overt collusion. Schools could very well raise their prices to match those of other institutions without explicitly setting a price. In addition, there are many fixed costs that colleges must bear, such as competitive salaries for professors and making up for the appalling lack of federal funding for everything from financial aid to necessary research...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Mere Grandstanding? | 10/24/1989 | See Source »

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