Word: system
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Katcoff and Wieder plan to pursue the case as far into the court system as they can. "We don't intend to be stopped by monetary problems," Wieder said, adding the two would finance the suit themselves
Nancy Shapiro, director of public affairs and information for the MBTA, cited improvement in the system over the past three months, in spite of understaffing and a freeze on hiring because of budget constraints...
...said businesses in the district most benefitted by the system should help subsidize the MBTA...
Before the tests were re-introduced, college admission was based largely on political connections and correct ideology. Important bureaucrats pulled rank to get their children into the universities. The situation has improved since then, but the system is still not completely fair...
...this high-level politicking is far from the minds of the students themselves. Like their American counterparts, they are unable to think of anything but their test scores and whether they can get ahead in the system. With only five per cent of the applicants getting places in college, competition is fierce and anxiety abounds...