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Despite its limited military implications, the test--following Khrushchev's dismissal only by a day--could affect the current Sino-Soviet split. Richard E. Pipes, profesor of History, joined Halperin in speculation that the two events might lead to talks between the feuding communist nations...
...stuck to one rebuttal: Ollie's supplies come from out-of-state and do affect interstate commerce. Ollie's "trickle," said Cox, is "representative of hundreds of thousands of trickles, and together they make a great stream." This is "a national commercial problem" requiring the "wisdom and discretion of Congress," said Cox, and Title II is "reasonably adapted to the problem...
...kook. I guess I'll vote for the crook." This common judgment, while perhaps clumsy and distorted, did not change much despite the tactics used by both candidates to improve their images. Now as the end approaches it seems certain that not enough people will change their minds to affect the outcome...
Peculiar Property. Manufacturing questions that are subtly discriminating is the touchy job of the nonprofit Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J. Founded in 1947, mammoth E.T.S. now branches out from its 340 rural acres to affect the lives of students across the U.S. Last year more than 4,000,000 people took more than 7,000,000 of its tests. Among them: the fearsome College Entrance Board's, Graduate Record Exams, and specialized brain twisters for prospective lawyers, doctors, businessmen, teachers, Peace Corps volunteers, architects, insurance underwriters. This month E.T.S. starts a new program, a pilot project for first...
...center, which was announced last week by Theodore R. Sizer, Dean of the School of Education, will carry on a long-term cooperative program with the participating school systems, studying social and cultural differences as they affect learning. Hopefully new teaching methods, curriculum materials, and training programs will be developed and will be made part of actual classroom practice as quickly as possible...