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...decade ago, such a surge of rhythm could only have been achieved with complex, pricey and cumbersome equipment. Today any garage band can sound as big and as studio-slick as Fleetwood Mac, if only the young musicians stick with it. "People get these keyboards at home and use them for a while, then put them in a closet," Flores frets. "With 15 minutes of practice daily, you can learn to play any instrument. You cannot get away from education." Parents who want the family prodigy to put in more than 15 minutes on the upright are concerned that serious...
Peace recruiters contend that students are easily seduced by rosy portrayals of military life -- such as the slick television commercials enticing young men and women with "Be all that you can be in the Army." They remind youngsters that the military's primary purpose is to prepare for war, not train people for civilian jobs, and they advise them to be skeptical about recruiters' promises. Peace groups are especially outraged at the military's targeted appeal to racial minorities, who make up 18% of the armed services. In New York City peace activists have fought proposals to introduce Junior ROTC...
...this criticism really represented the early venting of public opinion against the Democratic nominee. Had the governor and his slick advisors been more astute and listened to what the citizens of the Commonwealth had to say, they might have been able to mitigate many of the problems that later plagued his campaign. It seems foolish that politicians would spend so much money on elaborate polling procedures, when they can get an instantaneous update on popular opinion by just flipping on the radio...
...once pristine shores of the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands, a vast oil slick has become a tide of death. The spreading film has killed thousands of krill, the tiny shrimplike crustaceans that are a major food source for fish, birds and whales. Oil-soaked penguins are in danger of freezing to death, and nearly all of the skua chicks have died...
Christopher Whittle has a high-tech answer for the problem of cultural illiteracy among American students. Beginning next month, his Knoxville-based Whittle Communications firm will beam Channel One, a slick news program for teenagers, directly into schools for a seven-week test period. Whittle has provided each of the six pilot schools with $50,000 worth of television sets and satellite equipment to use as they wish. The only requirement: each day students will have to watch a twelve-minute Channel One broadcast -- including two minutes...