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Readers who are perplexed by this quiz can thank the stars if they are no longer in school. For these samples come from standard texts and other reading used by millions of American youngsters in elementary and secondary grades. Bonnie Armbruster, a researcher at the University of Illinois Center for the Study of Reading, last month ran an experiment in which she gave a group of adults 20 paragraphs from sixth-grade texts. "Their instructions," says Armbruster, "were to underline the main idea-if they could find it-and if they couldn't, then to write one of their...
...spoken maverick whose liberal views often nettled his party, Aiken led efforts to bring electricity to rural America, to build the St. Lawrence Seaway and to create the nationwide food-stamp program. His campaigns were noted for their thrift. Expenses often totaled less than $20-for stamps to send "thank you" letters to people who had, unasked, circulated his reelection petitions. Aiken became famous for suggesting in 1966 that the solution to the Viet Nam War was for President Johnson simply to declare the U.S. the winner and then retreat...
...mannerless youth of the '60s and '70s have unfortunately passed their poor behavior on to their offspring. Young people today think that "Thank you," "You are welcome" and "Excuse me" are subserviences to be avoided. This samS syndrome is reflected in current advertising models. The sweet-and-lovely look is out; the tough-hooker pose with unkempt hair and sloppy clothes...
WHEN GEORGE Bush goes to bed at night, does he close his eyes and think, "Thank God I lost in the primaries and let a man as great as Ronald Reagan become President"? Or, smiling impishly into his blanket, does he say to himself, "Good, George. You've played your cards right. Lay low for a few more years and you've got the nomination all locked...
...which the U.S. paid $780 for a screwdriver, Americans can take heart over one sweet deal made by their national Government. For $232,371.83, we got a house for the President that has lasted nearly 200 years and will look good for centuries more. For that we can thank George Washington, one tough whistle blower...