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Israel's Shamir, alone among Reagan's visitors, came away relatively disappointed, although Reagan had campaigned as an all-out champion of Israel. Haig turned down a request from Prime Minister Menachem Begin that the U.S. press for a quick resumption of Egyptian-Israeli negotiations over autonomy for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza. Haig's stated reason: the U.S. wants to give priority to checking Soviet interventionism in the Middle East. In fact, Haig would prefer not to draw attention to a situation that will probably remain deadlocked until the Israeli election...
...absence of legislative action, however, parents may request that their sons repeat a grade, and school officials are bound to comply with their wishes. Often following the lead of high school coaches who have held their own sons back, parents insist that their young footballers need an extra year of "maturity" before entering high school. Douglas Griffin, superintendent of schools in Murray County, Ga., recalls, "Our high school basketball coach held his son back in the eighth grade, and he ended up getting a college scholarship. After that, it kind of snowballed." Adds Griffin, who held his own football-playing...
...least I could get some playing time if I stayed back, so I did it. It was a lost year in one way, but I gained a lot from it." Houston Oiler Wide Receiver Mike Renfro, who repeated the seventh grade in Texas at his coach's request, disagrees: "I wouldn't keep kids back. After all, football isn't everything...
...athletic future to the detriment of normal educational and social growth. Nearly 1 million boys play high school football, but only 21,500 of them win scholarships to major colleges and universities. And only 333 college players were drafted by the pros last year. Insists Fordham: "The coaches request it, and the parents buy it. The kids who are good enough to make it on talent, the ones you read about in the sports pages, are never held back. It's the marginal athletes who do it, hoping that something magical will happen. But having a kid repeat...
...each of the drivers' other demands, the University remained silent. Edward W. Powers, associate general counsel for employee relations, repeatedly refused comment on whether the University would honor the drivers' fundamental request--that Harvard recognize their right to unionize...