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...function of the standardized tests is to allow comparison of applicants with vastly different high school experiences. National tests such as the SAT and the Achievements allow colleges to create the coveted diverse student body, for without them colleges might not take seriously applicants from high schools without national reputations...
...puts both of them behind only Barbara Walters (more than $2 million) as the highest-paid women in TV news. Even Williams, coming from low-paying CNN, will ring up a respectable $500,000 or so annually at NBC. "We are watching a profound shift in the way networks function," says Marvin Kalb, the former CBS and NBC correspondent who now teaches at Harvard. "It is similar to what is happening in professional baseball or basketball. Journalists are exchangeable commodities; the highest bidder wins...
African art is created not for museums or living rooms but for the community. Its function is fourfold, says Elimo Njau, a Tanzanian Lutheran painter. Art "makes Christianity African," provides a new context for worship, stimulates devotion and teaches the meaning of the Bible through imagery. Many works are signed collectively; others are anonymous. At Sims Chapel, Zaire's oldest Baptist church, even Sunday school children played their part: their rude drawings provided the basis for the chapel's stained- glass windows...
...airports and some foreign carriers of a new type of terrorist bomb, packed with the Czechoslovak-made explosive Semtex, that could be hidden in a radio-cassette player. The memo contained an elaborate list of clues for detecting such devices, including the failure of the cassette player to function normally and more wiring than usual for a portable player. "Its sophistication, and the effort taken to conceal it," said the warning, "suggest it could have been intended for use against an aviation target in support of a 'high risk' operation...
There is no doubt that AAA and other minority organization do serve a social function on campus. But we feel that the "true spirit which drives our minority organizations" has been negligently misrepresented. Even as we strive to understand ourselves, we strive to share our experiences with others. But it is not enough for us to reach out with one hand. We hope that all our fellow students will reach their hands out to us as well. David Chiu Arlene Mayeda Co-Presidents Asian American Association