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Monitor articles for August 23, 1985
- What's ahead for PBS. Programming: In the '80s, '90s, and beyond.
- `I won't drop my toy parrot in the engine, either'
- Many Indians wonder if Gandhi is moving too quickly to solve regional problems
- At ocean's edge. Peeking in tide pools
- . . . or a system that values speed and cleverness over knowledge? (Debate over standardized testing is heating up again. On this page and the previ...
- Students and teachers face more tests -- but what do results mean?
- If it doesn't work, try something else
- Bay State needs to squirrel away more funds for public pensions
- Freeze Frames. A weekly update of film releases.
- New York Regents' exams: emulated and criticized for toughness
- Cheering for the `Classic'
- Absorbing novel shows conflicts of Israeli life
- Moscow's version of TV newsmagazine
- Independent air-safety expert keeps wary eye on airlines, FAA
- Kiraly -- Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside of US men's volleyball
- A Fred Astaire frog
- Humorous approach dilutes tragic aspects of `Menagerie'
- A snag in the river
- When it comes to grading essays, teachers have multiple choices
- UPDATE. The African famine
- In Arab city, Jewish settlers dig in heels. One afternoon this week, gun-toting settlers strolled through market as Arab shopkeepers went about thei...
- Washington wives use influence to target sex, drugs in rock music
- Examining Soviet test moratorium idea
- Lines to a young granddaughter
- Missouri's statewide BEST test helps shape `basics' curriculum
- `Year of the Dragon' presents lopsided portrait of Chinatown
- A day at the Iran-Iraq front. Guides explain strategy, say prayers, serve tea
- Qualified buyer
- Home Fix-up
- Conservationists ease impact of development with easements
- The `now' of God's day
- New prime-time series for '85-'86
- US handling of `spy dust' case reinforces hard line on Soviets
- Soviet spokesman Lomeiko replies to Monitor protest
- Behind the rising tide of extremist violence is a new world power structure
- Government conduct
- Standardized tests: part of US tradition of succeeding by merit . . . (Debate over standardized testing is heating up again. On this page and the ne...
- Volunteerism gets a boost from companies and their employees. Firms even offer extra vacation days or release time to workers who donate skills
- What are the `standards' in standardized tests?