WASHINGTON: It is now officially accepted in the US that too much television makes Jack and Jill dull at school, And I a major problem for America.
In the first international assessment of educational progress, the educational testing service of Princeton, New Jersey, Students from six countries were tested on the effects of television. The result was shocking though that is what parents have been telling their kids all the time: the more the students watched television the lower their academic performance.
LONDON: The term intifadha (people’s uprising) has been included a new English language dictionary issued here.
This term in use since December 8, 1987, the day the Palestinian uprising began the occupied territories has officially been included in the English language.
Besides this term, 1200 new words have been included in the new dictionary.
KUALA LUMPUR: A 63 year old man renewed as Malaysia’s ‘snake king” has beaten the Guinness record after spending nine days in a room with 100 black cobras museum officials said here on Wednesday. “He is determined to remain there for 14 days,” said Sharum Yub director of the museum Negara where Dastagir Huisni has been carrying out the feat.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong held its top spot as the world’s busiest container port in 1988, according to Hong Kong government statistics.
Total throughout totaled 4.03 million twenty foot equivalent units (TEUS), standard measure for container shipments, during 1988 an increase of 16 percent over 1987, the marine department reported here on Friday.
MADRAS: The stomach of a cow of this southern metropolis yielded 10 kilos of no vegetarian stuff like rags, discarded clothes, plastic bags and coir. Further to be brought to light are 28 nails, hairpains, pieces of bangles and glass, earrings, pieces of iron, sandy material weighing 100 grams, and in the name of Makara Sankaranti, an Ayyappa dollar.
LISBON: Portugal’s Antonio Lopes Ferreira, the smallest man in the world at 75 centimeters (29.5 inches) tall has been buried in his native northwestern village of Arcozelo. Forty six year old Ferreira, known to locals as “little Tony” died from respiratory problems.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 3, 1989
