National Board for Teaching Standards aims to raise teacher status
An Iowa pair saw a missouri job offer for the husband and an offered teaching post for the wife after a lax interview. A group pursues voluntary nationwide certification to upgrade teaching, focusing on actual teaching skill and liberal arts background.
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Missouri
Carnegie
National Board For Professional Teaching Standards
Congress faces colorization clash over Turner films in Senate scene
A U S Senate debate centers on Ted Turner Colorization of classic black and white films. Critics call it crass while Turner asserts legal right to alter owned prints. Other issues include film advertising and 4 3 Cinemascope losses, with suggestions lawmakers or directors could curb colorizing.
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Funnyman
Woody Allen
Ginger Rogers
42Nd Street
Hollywood
Congress
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Richard Gephardt
Fairness doctrine debate pits press rights against regulation
A critique argues the fairness doctrine violates the First Amendment by extending government control over radio and TV. It notes FCC concerns, broadcast industry chill, and partisan uses across administrations from Kennedy to Reagan, with looming congressional action and public stakes for all with a TV or radio.
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FCC
House
Supreme Court
Syracuse Peace Council
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Lunch Talk on Futures and Pasts in Stock and Meat Markets
A column from Lufkin Texas riffs on stock futures and cattle futures over lunch. It blends humor about making and losing money with reflections on investing, Chernobyl’s impact, and a jab at regulatory fairness and media questioning. The piece touches on Ivan Boesky, Polaroid 1952, and a critique of Wall Street logic.
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Europe
Wall Street
Walk back the cat on a Iran arms for hostages affair
William Safire argues that Iran arms for hostages and the Buckley case reveal a human element centered on Bill Casey. He links Casey to ransom efforts and a potential rescue mission while outlining North and McFarlane involvement and a path to appeasement in the Reagan era.
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Richard Secord
William J. Casey
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Bill Casey
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Buckley
George Bush
Don Regan
George Shultz
Caspar Weinberger
Congress
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