Ponovno predvajanje sobota, 4. november 1995

Classroom Journal: Am I Really Ready for This?;A new professor faces jitters -- and endless work.

Date: 05 November 1995

BY William Celis 3d

AFTER 17 YEARS AS A JOURNALIST, THE last 5 as a reporter for The New York Times, I am experiencing first-hand what I have reported on -- higher education. It turns out that teaching is not the semiretired, laid-back stroll through the Colorado aspens and firs that my former newspaper colleagues seemed to think it would be. They haven't seen me or my colleagues grading papers late into the night, planning the next week's lessons, or frantically looking for time to write free-lance articles. (A body of work on a significant theme is required for tenure.) They haven't watched me sweat through "practice" lectures during orientation sessions offered to neophyte professors. This teaching business is more demanding than it appears from the outside.

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Friend Says Two Officers Stranded Man Before Killing

Date: 05 November 1995

By Dirk Johnson

Dirk Johnson

On the last day of his life, Richard Will, a 32-year-old white man, begged two black police officers in this dangerous, almost entirely black Chicago suburb to give him a ride to the police station, Mr. Will's friend says. About 15 minutes later, after walking five blocks in search of a telephone, Mr. Will was attacked by a group of young black males. He was beaten, doused with lighter fluid and set afire. He died a few hours later.

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Gag Orders Can Do Wonders for a Peace Talk

Date: 05 November 1995

By Elaine Sciolino

Elaine Sciolino

GETTING enemies to see their way clear to making peace is like putting them in a hall of mirrors -- a place where reality can be reflected in endless ways. The key to success is to accentuate the positive. That's what the United States is trying to do with the parties in Bosnia now, nudging them into making small breakthroughs and making sure none of them leaves the negotiating table.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 04 November 1995

International 3-8

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 05 November 1995

International 3-16B

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Shiner of Shoes (and Teller of News) Priced Out

Date: 05 November 1995

By Jane H. Lii

Jane Lii

For more than 70 years, as Flushing's English pubs and German beer halls gave way to kosher delis and Italian restaurants, then to Asian grocery stores and karaoke bars, Anthony Avena's shoeshine stall has clung tenaciously to the Long Island Rail Road station at Main Street and Kissena Boulevard. Every day except Wednesday and Sunday, from 6:30 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon, a mix of down-to-earth old-timers and snazzy business executives perch on leather chairs for a good polish and the latest gossip. The shine costs $1.50; Mr. Avena's firsthand accounts of Flushing's past and present are free.

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COMPANY NEWS;AT&T TO INCREASE SOME GLOBAL RATES

Date: 04 November 1995

AP

The AT&T Corporation has notified Federal regulators that it intends to increase the price of some services, mostly international, to generate about $220 million annually. AT&T, the nation's largest long-distance company, filed its plan on Thursday with the Federal Communications Commission. The increases are to take effect in two weeks. The increases, announced yesterday by AT&T, follow $250 million worth of price reductions announced by the company. (AP)

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COMPANY NEWS;TOYOTA SAID TO BE IN INDIANA PLANT DEAL

Date: 04 November 1995

The Toyota Motor Corporation has chosen Evansville, Ind., as the site of its third factory in the United States, Japan's leading financial newspaper reported yesterday. The paper, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, reported on its front page that Toyota's president, Hiroshi Okuda, would sign an agreement with the government of Indiana at the beginning of December. But both Toyota andGov. Evan Bayh of Indiana called the newspaper report premature, and local land ownership records offered no confirmation that any property had changed hands. The plant will make 100,000 T100 pickup trucks a year.

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COMPANY NEWS;COURT APPROVES FIRM FOR LIQUIDATION OF JAMESWAY

Date: 04 November 1995

A Federal bankruptcy judge approved the appointment yesterday of a Boston-based concern to handle the liquidation of the Jamesway Corporation, which filed for bankruptcy last month. The firm, Gordon Brothers Partners Inc., edged out three companies -- Jubilee L.P., Alco Capital Group Inc. and the Nassi Bernstein Company -- by offering 53 percent of the retail value of the company's inventory, which it said is about $207 million. The other companies had offered to make a cash payment equal to 51 percent. A spokesman for the company, which is based in Secaucus, N.J., said prices would start coming down on the merchandise of all of its 90 stores beginning next week.

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COMPANY NEWS;DIME OF WILLIAMSBURGH TO ADD CONESTOGA BANCORP

Date: 04 November 1995

Dow Jones

Dow Jones

Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh agreed yesterday to acquire Conestoga Bancorp Inc. of Roslyn, L.I., in a deal valued at $21.25 a share, or $103 million. Dime of Williamsburgh, which is based in Brooklyn and is not related to Dime Bancorp Inc. or its unit, Dime Savings Bank of New York, said no branches would be closed in the transaction. Conestoga is the parent of Pioneer Savings Bank F.S.B., a savings and loan. Dime of Williamsburgh also acquired an option to buy, under certain conditions, newly issued Conestoga shares, representing as much as 9.9 percent of the company, for $18 each. Conestoga's stock was up $1 yesterday, at $20, in Nasdaq trading.

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