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...particular they underestimate the implications of the Nicaraguan and Cuban commitment to provide military support to Salvadorean guerilla forces in the event of continued escalation of US involvement. No serious consideration appears to have been given to global security implications of an escalated regional conflict involving US, Cuban, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan and other participants...
Jorge I. Dominguez, professor of Government, David N. Perkins, lecturer on Education, and Richard J. Herrnstein, professor of Psychology, are developing the program as part of a proposal by the Venezuelan minister of state on human intelligence to encourage creative thinking and problem-solving skills in Venezuelan schools...
Dominguez, who visited schools in Barquisimeta, Venezuela, last April, said yesterday that Venezuelan educational quality is "very uneven," and added that "there was a very heavy emphasis on memorization." The experimental program is designed to stress instead language use, reading skills, writing ability, and creativity...
Dominguez, Perkins and Nickerson praised Luis A. Machado, the Venezuelan minister. "He is a visionary, essentially," Perkins said...
...fight, the Boston Garden crowd of 8498 seemed oblivious to the fact that there were two participants. They chanted "Marvin, Marvin, Marvin," when Venezuelan challenger Fulgencio Obelmejias entered the ring and continued to chant all through the night...