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Council members for the most part refused to comment on the record about the content of their discussions, but several said they were trying to tailor the Verba Report to make it more acceptable to the Faculty...
...powerful advocates like Senator Edward M. Kennedy, some 3,900 Irish were granted additional visas to enter the U.S. in 1987. Kennedy is now fighting for immigration legislation that will give preference to those with valuable professional skills, high levels of education and a knowledge of English, all conditions tailor-made for Irish immigrants...
Some states run such courses themselves, while others encourage colleges and universities to tailor them to the needs of career changers, who often cannot afford to forfeit full-time income. At the California State University at Dominguez Hills, one-half of the students at the Graduate School of Education are job switchers. One reason: the program provides salaried internships...
When President Reagan chose Lauro Cavazos to replace William Bennett as Secretary of Education last summer, Washington pundits dismissed the move as a political maneuver. A sixth-generation Texan and a highly visible Hispanic American, Cavazos seemed tailor-made to help Republican presidential nominee George Bush woo the Hispanic vote in the candidate's electorally rich adopted home state. Last week, when President-elect Bush announced that he would retain Cavazos as head of the department, some educators made similar remarks. "It was an easy decision for Bush," says Donna Shalala, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison...
Stores can tailor private collections to their particular types of customers, from trend-happy adolescents to conservative executives. The fastest-growing brand of sportswear in the U.S. is The Limited chain's Outback Red, which sold more than $400 million last year. It began as a collection of Australian-inspired bush-country wear, and now features tamer English staples like jodhpurs and cable-knit sweaters. At Macy's, which sells an estimated 50 house brands, the Aeropostale line evokes the garb of 1920s French mail-plane pilots. The collection includes white silk scarves and rugged corduroy trousers. Macy's also...