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...slim. Second-class citizens in their adopted homelands, unwelcome in their native countries and unwanted in England, they form what Liberal M.P. David Steel called "a growing community of semi-destitute British citizens." Already plagued by inadequate housing, crowded schools and bitter competition for jobs, Britain seems unwilling to worsen the situation by relaxing its immigration laws...
What about key studies that indicate putting low achievers in classes with high achievers improves the performance of the former? Banfield only mentions this, but without interest. Besides, he assures us, that would also worsen the performance of the high achievers when the proportion of low achievers "passes a certain point." We know of no data to support that view. And if it should be true, why pass "that certain point...
Card Game. During the Central Committee's debate on economic policy, the extremists also won the day, though their plans are certain only to worsen the already chaotic situation. Echoing the hard-line view, Planning Minister Václav Hula denounced the decentralization reforms effected by Dubček's chief economist Ota Sik, who last week asked for political asylum in Switzerland. "The economic crisis," Hula declared, "can only be overcome by radical centralization. We shall have to reestablish party control over the upper echelons of industry...
...governed by 1,400 political units-states, cities, counties and townships, plus scores of special-purpose districts that control everything from airports to garbage. The U.S. has 80,000 such "governments," many of them created to focus efficiently on narrow problems. In pursuing their own interests, these bodies often worsen environmental problems, such as smog and dirty rivers, that cut across political boundaries, Responsibility is fragmented in a maze of separate, unequal and overlapping jurisdictions...
...Actually, Vaseline can worsen the effects of both Mace and CS if not wiped off immediately...