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...hulls. But this mutual interference is reduced when one boat pulls ahead of the other. Despite raised eyebrows at the plane's odd appearance and fears that the forward wing might break off at high speed, NASA finally built a test version (at a bargain basement tab of $218,000), and has found it performs up to expectations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Scissor-Wings for NASA | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

...higher education, more than $6 million was spent this year on "developmental studies," the pedagogical euphemism for remedial training. At Ohio State University, 42% of this fall's entering freshmen were required to take at least one remedial course in English or math. Ohio's total remediation tab last year: between $10 million and $12 million. Says Elaine Hairston, director of special programs for the Ohio Board of Regents: "Students who need remedial work need specific help. To be done right it requires one-to-one tutoring and low-student-ratio labs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Toughening Up on Admissions | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

...ooze grease so much that the essay borders on parody. The only celebrity to come out with any integrity is, interestingly, Keith Richards. Predictably frazzled at parties, Richards walks around suggesting ideas like an end to exorbitant concert ticket prices by having the oil companies pick up the tab. The oil companies have a lot of money, he reasons, and why would anyone want to pick on the kids? No one answers him, but it is nice see Keith thinking about these things...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: The Culture of No Culture | 1/7/1982 | See Source »

...works under Meese, and Richard Darman, a Baker choice, operate so closely with the troika, passing policy recommendations up and presidential instructions down, that the five in effect constitute a powerful group that has no name and no official existence. Fuller uses an elaborate computerized tracking system to keep tab on all issues moving through the White House machinery. Darman, who first suggested the Legislative Strategy Group, has made himself the master of all paper going to Reagan; he does the final edits on almost everything Reagan sees. On the wall of Barman's office in the White House basement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President's Men | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

...reflections are accurate. The greeting card industry, displaying its products on open racks, has developed an inventory system that keeps a close tab on the public's likes and dislikes. Greeting card publishers carefully test their designs before they are put on the market. Christmas cards in effect are produced on demand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Mirroring American Taste | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

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