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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday february 26, 1989 governors told of . Education lag of a Cuttit it / 1 a i Washington a americans lag far behind their foreign competitors in knowledge of languages and Geog Raphy the nation s governors were told saturday in a report that advocated hav ing children Start learning a foreign Lan Guage As Early As the first Grade. The report of the governors task Force on International education was made pub Lic As the state executives were gathering for the annual midwinter meeting of the National governors association. With governors increasingly involved i promoting foreign Trade Democrat Gerald l. Baliles of Virginia chairman of the Nga set America in transition the Interna-ti9nal Frontier As the theme of the 1989 Winter meeting. The conference will Lack a customary Fea Ture of the annual sessions a White House meeting with the president president Bush will not return from his trip to Japan China and South Korea in time to sit Down with the governors whose meeting ends on tuesday. While Nga meetings during president Reagan s eight years in office often reflected tension Between the White House and governors Over budget priorities there was nosing of a similar confrontation this year. An associated press Survey of governor found Little enthusiasm for challenging Bush s resolve to resist new taxes As a Means of reducing the budget deficit. I Don t see How he can abandon his ready lips Promise this Early in the term said gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas chairman of the democratic governors  referred to Bush s Campaign vow to resist any new taxes. Formal sessions of the association hereto open sunday when the governors will meet with Richard Darman White House budget director and will get an assessment of the International Outlook from former Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger. Also on the Agenda for the opening Day was a session with Carla Hills the new .trade representative. Gov. Thomas Kean of new Jersey a re publican was chairman of the task Force that also included two democrats gov. John Waihee of Hawaii and gov. Rud Perpich of Minnesota. They called for greater emphasis on inter National education and cited innovative programs already put in place by enlightened and enterprising schools districts an universities. But these Are pockets of Progress in an otherwise indifferent America the report said. The task Force cited a Gallup poll of adults designed to test their knowledge of geography. It found that one in seven adults could not locate the United states on a world map and that half of the adults  locate South Africa. On language training the report said the vast majority of . Citizens cannot speak a language other than  the members of the task Force urged their fellow governors to offer opportunities to elementary school students for foreign Lan Guage instruction beginning As Early As the first Grade. All students should have the Opportunity to learn to speak a second Lan Guage in their Early  the report also cited the need for improved training of teachers in International studies and foreign languages. Bearly sleeping a Caesar a 900-Pound Polar Bear returns awake during his trip wednesday in a to the Knoxville zoo after being on loan to Cage in the Back of a truck. But he was the Roger Williams Park zoo in provi anaesthetized before zoo workers wheeled Dence re. The 24-year-old male was him into the Knoxville zoo. Military court allows to filming scoring a first by the Washington Post Washington the court of Mil itary appeals experimenting with a tech Nique that has become almost common place in state courts last week became the first Federal court to allow cameras inthe courtroom. The three member court the nation highest court for hearing military cases Al Lowed Abc news to film arguments in two cases involving drug testing. It was really exciting said Timothy. Dyk a Washington lawyer who arranged for the experimental session i behalf of 12 news organizations including television networks. With cameras now allowed in the courtrooms of 44 states Dyk said some Day we Hope it will come to the Federal courts generally. This hopefully is a first step in that  chief judge Robinson o. Everett said he believes the filming was very successful with no effect on How the judges and lawyers approached the Case except perhaps we spoke a Little More clearly than we might have otherwise and repaired some bulbs that were out to make sure the lighting was adequate. Prosecutors and defense lawyer agreed to have the arguments taped. Air Force maj. Terry m. Petrie one of the prosecutors said the cameras did bother me in any Way whatsoever in All Candor i enjoy having an audience there and i enjoy having cameras  however Petrie said my personal preference is that i Don t believe they Cam eras belong in a  in november Dyk conducted a Pri vate demonstration for several supreme court justices of How filming could be done at the High court. The military court Experiment was launched when Everett met Dyk at a reception shortly after his supreme court tryout and noted that the court of military appeals was no covered by judicial conference of the United states rules forbidding camera sin Federal courts. Scientists measure fear reaction in brain for 1 St time Washington a that anxiety and fear you feel when the dentist instructs you to open up or a police officer behind you turns on a flashing Light trigger a re action in the brain that has been measure for the first time by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis. The researchers tricked eight volunteers into a fearful anticipation of pain from an electrical Shock and then measured the blood flow in their brains. The results for the first time established the specific Loca Tion of an emotion in the brain. Or. Eric Reiman of Washington univer sity said Friday that eight Normal volunteers being monitored by a system called positron emission tomography or pet were told they would receive a painful Shock through wires attached to their hands some time during a two minute period. The volunteers experienced anxiety for40 seconds while anticipating the pain and then received a mild Shock. Reiman said during that those 40 seconds of anticipation the pet instrument detected a sharply increased flow of blood tothe left and right temporal lobes of the brain. The reason regional blood flow is of interest is that it actually reflects the activity of brain cells Reiman said. Measurements of blood flow Are a Good Way of identifying the regions of the brain that Are turned on during various thoughts feeling Sand  pet works by detecting and measuring radiation from a tracer injected into the bloodstream. 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