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This time the debate was sparked by a slim book published by the Government Printing Office: A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform. Warning of "a rising tide of mediocrity" in public schools, the 36-page report by the N.C.E.E. is already into a third printing, with 81,000 copies distributed. It recommends a basic core curriculum for all high school students, stricter admission requirements for college, longer school days and years, more homework, and the recruiting and rewarding of better teachers. Echoing the Sputnik scare, the report concludes, "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...
...conservative tide is running in some parts of Europe, Spain certainly is bucking it. For the first time since the Civil War, Socialists are in power, having trounced a collapsing center and a regrouping right in national elections in October. Last month their popularity was confirmed in municipal elections, to the delight of Prime Minister Felipe González, who likes to say that "Spain is calm, calmer than at any time since the death of General Franco." The political honeymoon still lasts, and when the boyish 41-year-old Socialist leader flies to Washington next week on his first...
Prime Minister Begin, too, faced a rising tide of impatience over the situation in Lebanon. He called on his countrymen to stand together until a withdrawal has been achieved, and he insisted that Israel has "absolutely no intention of attacking the Syrians...
...billion invested by American companies in Mexican enterprise and fearful of economic and political instability on its border, moved in with nearly $3 billion in emergency funds, including $1 billion in advance payments for strategic reserve oil purchases from Mexico, $1 billion in short-term funds to tide the country over, and another $1 billion in credits for such commodities as corn and beans. The International Monetary Fund gave promise of support but in return demanded the austerity program that De la Madrid has put in place...
...breaking the old Mexican pattern of maldistribution of wealth or bridging the vast chasm between rich and poor. Meanwhile the population keeps growing at a rate of 2 million annually. That increases pressure on authorities to deliver more jobs and social services. It also increases U.S. worries about a tide of illegal aliens...