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...third year of the Television Age. And our people are becoming less literate by the minute. Along with the old patterns of existence, television is destroying the old standards of culture. As old habits decline, such as reading books and thinking thoughts, TV will absorb their time...
While the Administration has accepted the College "athletics-for-all" program as an educational responsibility it has also indicated that there is a limit to the amount of costs it can absorb...
...come to Boston. The local citizenry does not fully appreciate this, which is probably just as well because Boston fans are a farily objectionable lot anyway. Therefore, pavilion seats at Braves Field are always available for one dollar. By day, the pavilion is a fine spot in which to absorb the sun. The park becomes somewhat more crowded for the night games...
...board proposed the creation of a massive Overseas Economic Administration, to absorb ECA and all foreign-aid programs now scattered among 23 U.S. agencies. It proposed the appropriation of $500 million for OEA to spend on aid projects-railways, harbors, irrigation, health, training programs. It also proposed a $200 million U.S. contribution to a $500 million International Development Authority for the construction of public works...
...Quite apart from the fact that we have a huge national debt left over from World War II, a pay-as-you-go policy is vital in order to give every citizen a sense of real participation in the defense effort and at the same time to absorb some of the excess purchasing power which stimulates inflation," he added...