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Vellucci believes the present bills now before the House and Senate do not allow enough freedom to local governments who wish to enact stricter regulatory standards, McKinnon said...
Reines is not alone in his pessimism. Jewish survival is a perennial topic at synagogues and social centers. Proposed remedies include greater commitment to Israel, a higher birth rate, a stricter ban on intermarriage and campaigns against proselytizers from other faiths. But Reines, 52, doubts that any of these will work. The problem, he argues, is that American Jews simply do not accept the teachings of traditional Judaism. And without some religion, Jewry will vanish...
This year the office has already notified all students on financial aid that late applications will be subject to the penalty. Lyman said that since the office has announced the penalty in advance, they will probably be stricter about imposing it this year...
...become High Commissioner to Germany and subsequently the first Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. Upon his return to the U.S. in 1957, Conant conducted a wide-ranging study of American high schools, and later of junior high schools, that pointed out a need for higher standards and stricter teachers' qualifications. A firm believer in egalitarianism, Conant provoked controversy for his lambasting of private schools and was also one of the first educators to warn of the "social dynamite" inherent in the poverty of the ghettos...
...Administration also took a conciliatory approach with the conference committees that are trying to resolve differences between the House and Senate on an energy program. The sessions are expected to go on for about a month. Last week the conferees accepted stricter House standards that require large new industrial plants to use coal instead of oil, but looser Senate standards on forcing existing plants to switch from gas to coal...