Word: allowables
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Soviet Brother; Gomulka wanted a Socialist brotherhood in which all brothers would be equal. Ailing, bespectacled Gomulka was walking a lonely and dangerous road. He had taken a step unprecedented in Communist countries by calling elections this week that would not be truly free, but would at least allow a limited number of alternate choices as candidates from tame fronts, as well as the usual fixed slate of Communists...
Such a program would also allow more flexibility in scheduling. Fulfilling prerequisite requirements for courses would be more likely to move smoothly if the undergraduate program were broken into 32 sections instead of eight. Students working on theses, or supposedly doing independent research for course reduction or tutorial-for-credit programs would be completely free to follow these interests for a short period, instead of finding that other course requirements drained their time and attention. Not least important, it might be possible to schedule vacations between courses, so that a vacation would become a real period of relaxation, free from...
...Decided, in line with the Administration's determination to aid Iron Curtain countries seeking economic independence from Moscow, to relax restrictions on exports to Poland, thus allow the Gomulka government to buy surplus U.S. farm products for dollars at prevailing world market prices...
...once the talented student has been identified by elaborate tests and teacher reports, the experts disagree on the best way of treating him. In some places there are special schools for the bright (e.g., The Bronx (N.Y.) High School of Science). Some cities have set up special classes; others allow a few gifted students to accelerate or skip grades. But since the experts do not agree on whether acceleration or segregation might do the talented more harm than good, many cities cautiously keep their gifted in regular classes and give them extra work-a procedure that the educators call "enrichment...
Cold Snorage. In Pittsburgh, Mrs. Beatrice Dunn was granted a divorce after she testified that her husband made her sleep in an unheated attic for ten years "because I snored," wouldn't allow her to leave the attic door open at night because "too much cold air blew down...