Word: added
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...people contest the point that the costs of college education are rising and will continue to do so ad infinitum, so long as the national economy remains one of "gradual inflation." We have been converted and convinced, if not by the politicians, then by the educators and the economists that such is the case. In the face of this, to protest each increase as an increase seems futile and un-realistic...
Purr Usual? In Lansing, Mich., the State Journal ran a classified ad: "Beagle Pup Lost. Black and brown, 6 mos. old male, red collar, answers to 'kitty, kitty...
Queue Here. In London, a monthly trade publication called Films & Filming carried a classified ad: "Young man, ugly and a liar, interested in nothing, but curious, wishes to hear from anyone else in same predicament...
More impressive still, says FTC, is the way businessmen themselves have stepped in to police retailers. Better Business Bureaus, ad agencies and manufacturers, who know that nothing destroys consumer confidence faster than a fake bargain, have distributed 500,000 copies of FTC's pricing guide-and printed thousands more at their own expense-to retailers along with strong letters urging them to comply...
With science pretty much out of this world, and politics "in the realm of surrealism and fantasy, doesn't modern art loom large as a most real and reasonable, concrete and most reputable human activity?" demanded U.S. Abstractionist Ad Reinhardt. No. 15 (opposite) is one of Reinhardt's more seeable creations: usually his colors merge and vibrate so elusively as to cause eyestrain. The 9-ft.-high canvas is also a standout exhibit at what may be the most provocative art show now hanging: "Acquisitions 1957-58" at the Albright Art Gallery in Buffalo...