Get In Line For Ride Into Space
President Reagan aims to have a teacher as the first outsider aboard a shuttle mission, possibly within two years, highlighting the link between education and a high tech future. The choice drew accusations of grandstanding, while a reporter is named as the likely second invitee.
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Reagan
Washington
United
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
New York City
Barry Goldwater
California
United States
Sacramento
George Bush
Yale
Wall Street
America
Aiken County Schools gain financing under 1984 act
Enrollment rises and a $6.5 million Education Improvement Act boost flows to Aiken County Schools. Funds will back new buildings and debt payoff, boost basic skills, extend school years, and tighten attendance rules. Dr. Robert W. Paskel pledges strong oversight and a firm educational focus with parental engagement and disciplined student conduct.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
Robert W. Paskel
EIA
Republicans Should Stop Using Justice OConnor As A GOP Symbol
The piece notes that candidate Mondale named Ferraro, provoking GOP attempts to cast Sandra Day OConnor as a party symbol. It recounts OConnor’s refusal to attend events, the lack of an official portrait, and argues a justice must remain nonpartisan once on the bench. It urges GOP leaders to drop her name and highlight other appointees.
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Walter Mondale
Geraldine Ferraro
Sandra Day O'Connor
U.S. Supreme Court
Reagan
Supreme Court
Justice O’connor
House
Nancy Reagan
Justice O'Connor
U.S. Senate
Senate
Mondale
The Teacher In Inner Space
A reflection on schooling, teachers, and the inner space of mind. It cites Diane Ravitch’s The Troubled Crusade and Theodore Sizer’s Horace's Compromise, arguing for renewed focus on teaching quality, teacher imagination, and cognitive reasoning to improve education.
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Catskills
New York
New Haven
Stem
Charles Elliot
James Conant
David Gardner
Theodore Sizer
Horace
Houghton Mifflin
Sizer
James Agee
Reagan Rally in Orange County Signals Slick Fall Campaign
President Reagan launches Labor Day events in Fountain Valley drawing about 69,000 amid high logistics. Mondale Ferraro endure rough opening, with early appearances in Manhattan Merrill and Long Beach interrupted by mic trouble and a medical emergency. Polls show Reagan leading by roughly 27 points as campaign enters strenuous phase.
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Jack W. Germond
Jules Witcover
Fountain Valley
Calif
Reagan
Orange County
al Jolson
America
Ronald Reagan
Walter Mondale
Mondale
New York
California
Manhattan
Geraldine Ferraro
Wisconsin
Merrill
Long Beach
Los Angeles Times
Labor Day
Pity The Poor Candidates
In this essay the author argues democracy relies on elections where exceptional people like Reagan Bush Mondale and Ferraro face scrutiny. It praises their dedication and notes two of the four will become losers, urging respect for the candidates and the system that tests talent and ambition.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Walter Mondale
Geraldine Ferraro
America
Republic
Ferraro
Congress
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