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...allegedly made a mistake about the length of an exam and seized a paper from an astonished student, who later threatened to sue him. It is more than a little ironic that Mr. Test lost his job after years of following a set exam format when he refused to switch to a new two-person system in Mem Hall. To the end he was a man of principle, refusing to share power with another monitor, but state-of-the-art proctoring at last had passed him by, Exams will be much more calm and controlled in the future without...
Reich argues that the way the U.S. can carve a niche for itself is if it takes advantage of what he calls the "only resource that will remain uniquely American: Americans themselves." Reich envisions an adaptation that would switch U.S. industries from high-volume standardized ones to more advanced specialized products. Instead of producing standard steel, Americans can produce high grade steel: instead of automobiles, more advanced auto parts. This would also include a larger emphasis on high technology industries such as the semiconductors and robotics which are found up Massachusetts Route...
...restive populace by pummeling some scapegoat. Past offenders have included the U.S., which Khomeimi frequently calls the great Satan," the Mujahedin-e Khalq guerrillas, who oppose the regime, and the army of neighboring Iraq. Late last year, Khomeini added the Soviet Union to his list. It was a startling switch, especially for U.S. policymakers, who have been anxious about the possibility that the Soviets would make mischief in Iran ever since the fall of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. As a State Department analyst noted last week, "Khomeini seems to be living up to his 'neither East nor West...
Clearly damaged were the indecisive Trevor-Roper and British Historian David Irving, the only expert to switch from skeptical to an affirmative assessment of the diaries. Irving had earlier interrupted a Stern press conference about the diaries, calling them "pure fabrications" and shouting for tests on the "ink, ink, ink." But as he read more of the diary notes, he had announced that "I'm becoming more inclined to believe they are authentic." He said the handwriting in the later diaries "sloped down off the rulings," as it should in view of Hitler's illness in those years...
Pessimism abounded. A few years ago, the metric forces thought they could get the U.S. to switch in a decade. Now they do not expect metric to prevail before the year 2000. "It will be a generational change," says David Goldman, head of the National Bureau of Standards' metric office. "Only when youngsters who learned metrics in school reach upper-level management will the change really occur." Nor can the metric campaign expect much help. Though Deputy Secretary of Commerce Guy Fiske warned that American industry faces increasing resistance in trying to sell nonmetric goods abroad, the Administration...