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Nearly 40% of today's 17-year-olds cannot draw inferences from written material, and only a third can solve a math problem requiring several steps. It is no wonder that between 1975 and 1980 there was a 72% increase in remedial math courses at four-year public colleges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: To Stem a Tide of Mediocrity | 5/9/1983 | See Source »

THE MUCH HERALDED "nuclear debate" of the past few years has often seemed little more than a shouting match. The Jonathan Schells holler about the immorality of weapons build-ups and the inevitability of nuclear conflict, the Caspar Weinbergers shout back about the immorality of weakness and the inevitability of...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Nukes Without Illusions | 5/6/1983 | See Source »

When asked if she still felt encouraged, Bell said, "My weakness is affecting my mental processes, so I'm not in the best of spirits."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hunger Strike | 4/26/1983 | See Source »

The Overture scene is uncoordinated, with the cast speaking fragments of lines as they race around like a collection of mechanical birds. And towards the musical's end the weakness of Furth's book gives the impression that the show is not heading in any direction that could lead to...

Author: By Gregory M. Daniels, | Title: Song and Dance | 4/20/1983 | See Source »

Why the most recent attack? Probably because elders from Lucanamarca traveled 90 miles to Ayacucho last month to petition the government for police protection against the Senderistas. Nothing came of the appeal except savage retribution from the very men the villagers feared. Sums up Enrique Zileri Gibson, director of Lima...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru: Bloody Sunday | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

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