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...event marks the second time that former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew, California Sen. Alan Cranston, Ohio Sen John Glenn, Colorado Sen. Gary Hart, South Carolina Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, former South Dakota Sen. George McGovern, and former Vice President Walter F. Mondale have faced each other in the campaign...
...second act takes place in Leo's "comfy" London townhouse, when the newly successful Otto comes to reclaim her. Gilda dumps both men in exasperation, and the third scene finds her in the ultra-chic New York penthouse of her insipid and confident new husband, the art dealer Ernest. By now Gilda, an interior designer, is totally in control, both of her husband and of her high society clientele. Leo and Otto, reconciled, show up to reclaim her, though, and the three go off happily in modern menage a trois fashion and a peculiar mix of sexual liberation and sentimentality...
...teams (only Conner was missing) stood stiffly in their blazers and slacks, the President congratulated both and offered "one final bit of advice to the Perth Yacht Club." Said he: "Don't bolt that Cup down too tightly." -By Michael Demarest. Reported by Richard Hornik/Newport and Ernest Shirley/Melbourne
...notion that public education has failed. After spending a total of 30 months com piling observations of high schools across the nation, the report's author concluded that the best American high schools, which educate 10% to 15% of all students, are the world's finest. Says Ernest Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation and former U.S. Commissioner of Education under Jimmy Carter: "School is in a very real sense a mirror of its community. Tune and time again, we saw that community support or community conditions were shaping the school. So, in a very real sense...
...candidates are trying to devise reform plans that will score points with voters. Walter Mondale has called for an $11 billion annual infusion of federal money for, among other things, a national $4.5 billion fund for excellence that would grant sums to schools to help them improve instruction. Senator Ernest Rollings wants $ 14 billion, in part to give certain qualified public school teachers $5,000 raises. Senator John Glenn's $4 billion plan would include loans to math and science majors that would be forgiven for students who go on to teach those subjects...