Word: correctable
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...point. Of far more importance to him was Detroit's persuasive case that its citizens had been undercounted, which he said "gives rise to a constitutional violation of the one-person, one-vote principle." He ordered the bureau to produce a "statistically defensible" method within 30 days to correct the count. Barabba is considering whether to urge the Justice Department to appeal the decision. But just in case, he set associates to work on finding a way to carry out the order...
...report also predicted "marked uneveness in the geographical distribution of physicians" and substantial imbalances among the specialists" and suggested the use of monetary incentive to correct the imbalance
...goes "The Energy Game". Corporations like Westinghouse and Exxon which serve the nation's energy needs must convince people their products are indispensible. Their forecasts might prove correct--many people see a boon to the nuclear energy market after 1982. But, for now, (the only certain thing anyone can say about the energy future is that it's uncertain...
...players, it was also the best interpretation of an understandably ragged evening. De Waart took time off to study cassettes of 35 of the programs he has conducted with the San Francisco. He was not happy. Says he: "The music sounded like a rehearsal. In preparation you listen and correct, but you must shut all that off in performance. Furtwängler and Walter made a lot of mistakes, but what does it matter? Precision is an illness of our time...
Enrollment figures indicate the success of the program--which the city adopted voluntarily, keeping in mind possible state action to correct racial imbalances. Despite predictions that some parents would pull their children out of the system rather than have them bused, the first statistics show steady enrollment...