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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 17, 1994, , the stars and stripes Page 9 student testing suspend Washington a educational testing service has suspended giving the graduate record examination by com Puter until Jan. 3 after learning How some students could memorize questions to help others cheat later. Ets said thursday that it had no Evi Dence that any students had used the memorization technique to cheat of the test which prospective graduate school students take. The action came in response to an investigation by Kaplan educational Cen sized Gre Saver several weeks the test takers then got together and were Able to recreate portions of the test. While Kaplan conducted this investigation with the resources of the nation s leading test preparation company any student could improve the scores of a peer simply by remembering some of the questions and communicating them to others said Melissa Mack a spokeswoman for Kaplan. Kaplan educational centers shared its results with ets and did not divulge any.  j my Usu Utji i Vikt enters of new York. Kaplan sent about 20 information to students said company of its representatives to take compute president and chief executive officer i. Jonathan grayer. I we then said to ets this test is flawed " grayer said. But ets president Nancy Cole said that there was nothing new in Kaplan s technique and that her company has been phasing Atmore stringent Security measures including increasing the size of the Pool of questions and changing them More frequently. About 420,000 students will have take the Gre this year 100,000 of them by computer. Cole said withholding the computerized tests until Jan. 3 will Only affect about 1,000 students. To by Cox news service Washington women feel Les qualified than men to run for office and that is one of the main reasons they Are far less Likely to become candidates according to a Survey released thursday. Women feel they need More Mentor ing and training before they can participate in an election researcher Celinda Lake said at a news conference. The Survey by the Mellman Lazarus Myers leaving Job As press Secretary Washington a Dee Dee Myers confirmed Friday that she is quitting As White House press Secretary at the end of the year with no firm plans on what she will do next. Her departure As the first woman Ever in the Post was widely expected. Earlier this year when she fought off an Effort by White House chief of staff Leon Parietta to move her to another Job Myers said she would leave before 1995. She had formally told president Clinton of her decision the Washington Post reported Friday. Lake inc. Research group was designed to uncover reasons for women s reluctance to participate in the political process. It was released by the National women political caucus. Fifty five percent of women said feel ing qualified was a major concern in running for Public office while Only 34 percent of men gave that reason. Other major concerns were women s in ability to raise Money 54 percent uncertainty about How to run a Campaign 37 percent and the effect on family 33 per cent.  " the women s caucus which is preparing to recruit women for the 1996 election Cycle said training is the key to overcoming women s fears of running for office. You take the first step and become politically involved and we will help you the rest of the Way said caucus president Harriet Woods Man disabled in botched raid to get $2 75 uni Lipri san Diego a the government will pay $2.75 million to a Man who suffered permanent injuries when Federal agents shot him during a drug raid that was based on an informant s false tip. Donald Carlson was shot three times in 1992 after opening fire on the agents who battered their Way into his Home in a search for 5vz tons of cocaine. Under the agreement reached wednesday Carlson will receive $2.5 Mil lion plus $250,000 placed in a medical Trust fund. This brings to a conclusion a very painful chapter of my life the former computer executive said from Dallas where he now lives. 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