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Clearly the simplest and most effective way of solving the problem of overcrowded Core courses, therefore, would be to increase the number of courses offered. Even if demand for Literature and Arts B or other Core areas is not as great next year, students could only benefit from a greater variety of courses and from smaller Core classes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Search for Justice | 2/16/1989 | See Source »

...staff position fails to take into account a number of factors which make lotteries an inevitable part of the Core Curriculum, and glosses over the simplest solution. The proposed plan, increasing the number of courses offered, would not solve any problems; some classes will always be overly popular due to student preferences and word-of-mouth, regardless of the amount of offerings...

Author: By Gregory R. Galperin, | Title: Shopping Period Blues | 2/16/1989 | See Source »

...cost of that tankful could soon take its biggest leap since the oil-parched 1970s. Reason: a hefty increase in the federal gasoline tax may be coming down the road this year. To an increasing number of politicians and economists, a gas-tax boost would be one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce the 1990 budget deficit. The idea could quickly gain ground among congressional leaders who are preparing to haggle with the incoming Bush Administration over steps to stanch the red ink. "It seems everybody has decided that a higher gasoline tax is the answer," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fueling Up a Brawl: U.S. gas tax | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

...says Representative Anthony Beilenson, a California Democrat who since 1985 has introduced two bills to raise the gasoline tax. Both have gone nowhere. The undaunted Beilenson plans to try again in 1989. "The math just calls out for taxes," he says, "and this is one of the simplest ones around." Says John Gore, a Washington representative of British Petroleum: "Nobody's pushing for a higher gas tax, but it seems to have a life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fueling Up a Brawl: U.S. gas tax | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

They are Dennis the Menace come to life, half-pint hellions who drive parents and teachers to distraction with their disruptive antics. At home they clamber on kitchen counters, unscrew light bulbs and mess up the simplest tasks, from hanging up their clothes to making the bed. In school they throw erasers, kick desks, shove classmates and are so busy making nuisances of themselves that they fail to absorb their lessons. One bedeviled mother speaks for many when she says, "I would have given the kid away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Worries About Overactive Kids | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

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