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...nose feel like a paymaster's window. So far, $25,000 has been eaten by the structure. And in thinning his purse, the innkeeper says he has learned something about the Yankee tradesman's sense of priorities. If, for ex ample, the Wolfs' prehistoric heating sys tem goes blooey at 3 a.m., the repairman is Johnny-on-the-spot. If, on the other hand, troubles are not dire, fat chance of finding a fixer...
Flynn, who helped lead South Boston's opposition to court-ordered busing in 1974 and introduced a bill in the state legislature to abolish compulsory education, pledged yesterday that the health of the public school sys- tem would be one of his top concerns...
...political pressure exerted by the students of several years ago. But, it means no benefit for the Blacks of South Africa and no real sacrifice for the students at Harvard who have fought so hard for divestiture. And South frica is only the tip of the iceberg of sys tematic injustice that oppresses and impoverishes people throughout the word, while preserving the ungodly affluence of our own society. Until each of us defines and shapes a genuine personal commitment to make the world a better place than it is today, such "moral statements" as the sale of the Citibank assets...
...Jesse Jackson, along with the five black members of the city's eleven-member school board, pressed for the appointment of Chicago's veteran deputy superintendent, Manford Byrd, 52. But the other board members felt Byrd is too closely associated with past mismanagement to rebuild the school sys tem. Last week Chicago picked Ruth B. Love, 48, superintendent of schools in Oakland, Calif, and a former director of the Right to Read program. Love will be the nation's highest-paid school superintendent at $120,000 a year. Even at that price, she says...
...conclusion in your Essay on the presidential nominating process [April 14] is accurate when you say that the sys tem favors the candidate who wins the early primaries...