Word: handicapped
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Twenty-one years ago, a U.S. Supreme Court decision established the constitutional precedent for bilingual education when it found that San Francisco had discriminated against 1,800 Chinese children by failing to help them overcome their linguistic handicap. Last month the legal issues seemed to come full circle as a group of Brooklyn parents filed suit against the New York State commissioner of education, claiming that tens of thousands of children are "languishing" in poorly run bilingual programs. The suit charges that American-born children with Latino surnames and low test scores are consigned to Spanish-language classes even...
Moreover, the F&Ss handicap themselves as service organizations by not accepting all hands who want to help. Would Philips Brooks House (PBH) ever turn away someone who wanted to work in the Mission Hill projects? One does have to complete a comp to become part of the Small Claims Advisory Service, for example, but anyone can comp and completion is all that is required. And at least the PBH organizations spend almost all their time helping people, rather than feting the new rushes...
...would seem predestined to fail. Holding some schools to more stringent standards than others insures that over time the academically less competitive schools become the athletic powerhouses, or at the very least are presented with that opportunity, while the more academically competitive ones are faced with a major handicap. And the recent dominance of three-time defending Ivy League champion Penn indicates that has already happened...
...president is chosen for his intelligence, experience and leadership. Being 72 years of age is not a handicap. NEAL GILBERT Mesa, Arizona...
...Willwerth. "Ito has dismissed three jurors in the past couple of weeks, and two of them were believed to be pretty pro-prosecution. But the defense must believe that this man, the third juror, must be very sympathetic to their case." (Both sides have hired expert jury consultants to handicap their progress by studying the faces and attitudes of the jurors as they listen to testimony.) While Willwerth doubts the court will reverse Ito's decision, he reports that the defense is positioning itself for future appeals if they lose the case, "in hope of getting...