Prices in the Los Angeles area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), declined 0.3 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A .) Regional Commissioner Richard J. Holden noted that the August decrease was influenced by lower prices for gasoline.
NASA officials were reportedly especially impressed with her course on The American Woman which she had developed and taught. Barbara Morgan was the backup Teacher in Space who also trained with NASA in the astronaut training program. Christa McAuliffe was scheduled to teach two lessons from the space shuttle.
But before that, she became the first American woman in space. She went on to found Sally Ride Science, a company focused on improving science education for kids, which she called a âbusiness imperative for the country.â She died in July, at age 61, just weeks after talking with HBR. Interviewed by Alison Beard.