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When I made my announcement speech in September of last year, I outlined what I believe to be the four major issues we must solve in the '80s, and I stated my positions on these issues--education, tax reform, housing, and civil service...
...most basic of skills. That's why I've called for the introduction of high state-wide standards and testing in our school system. I've called for tests which are rigorous and standards that reflect the demands, in terms of skills and knowledge, which society in the '80s and '90s will place on graduates...
These proposals, I believe, constitute a beginning. They provide the basis for making the changes necessary to get us through the '80s and establishing a foundation...
...queries like "Is it true that [former president] Zachary Taylor liked to be spanked by older women?" (no) and "Wasn't George Washington once treated for an Oedipus complex?" (yes, but it was accidental), Instead, the revamped Almanac offers an hysterical social commentary on life in the '70s and '80s. In so doing, Baker proves without a doubt that he is back in the saddle...
...Seven Ravens (Morrow; $8.95), the principals seem as contemporary as animated cartoon characters. Lisbeth Zwerger's subdued palette and astronomical creatures owe much to Arthur Rackham, but her strange Black Forest birds and rabbits are her own and her heroine has the lineaments and verve of an '80s role model...