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Such "graduates" frequently mislead employers to get raises. But many buyers are simply naive, believing that a mail-order diploma can certify what has been learned on the job. A night security guard in Temple, Texas, says he bought a B.A. in law enforcement from Southwestern University in Tucson for $500 in 1982 because he "wanted something to hang on my wall and feel proud about." Ultimately, he became suspicious about his purchase: the transcript showed good grades for unrelated "courses," including an A in trigonometry. The Arizona house of representatives has passed legislation (awaiting state-senate passage this spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sending Degrees to the Dogs | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

...viewpoint on food than I could at a city newspaper." While her interest in restaurants remains undiminished, Sheraton, making her debut as a TIME contributor, reports this week on a broader subject: the new popularity of American country-style cuisine, symbolized particularly by the increased use of a pesky Southwestern tree called mesquite as a cooking fuel (see LIVING). Sheraton will report on and evaluate culinary trends and will also cover such allied subjects as food trade shows, shifting tastes and new food products and equipment. "I'm especially interested in institutional food," she says, "that is, any place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Mar. 12, 1984 | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

...Salle (20-10); Marquette (16-12); Michigan (18-10); Nebraska (17-11); New Mexico (24-10); Notre Dame (17-11); Ohio State (15-13); Old Dominion (20-10); Oregon (16-12); Pittsburgh (16-12); St. Joseph's, Pa. (20-8); St. Peter's, N.J. (23-5); Southwestern Louisiana (20-8); Tennessee (19-13); Weber State (22-8); Wichita State (18-11); and Xavier of Ohio...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Harvard Not Among NIT Selections | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

...surface of things, then, seems rosy. The tribes own, altogether, 52 million acres of land with 5 percent of the nation's oil and gas reserves, 470 billion tons of high-quality coal and half of the nation's uranium supply, valued at $400 billion. The southwestern Navahos, with 160,000 members, are making $55 million a year from mining and pumping petroleum...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Rotten Choices | 2/11/1984 | See Source »

...range. One of the favorites was Bell Atlantic. It covers the territory from New Jersey to Washington, and has perhaps the most cost-efficient operation of all the new companies. Bell Atlantic shares opened at 65¾ and rose to 68⅞. Just two lost ground: Southwestern Bell, which started the week at 62 but finished at 61, and BellSouth, which dipped from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opening Bell | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

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