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...Shawn, 63, is at home before any audience, but this audience was his special home-Jacob's Pillow, in the Berkshires near Lee, Mass., where he turned a weed-grown farm into the hub and Mecca of dancing in North America. Shawn introduced what he called "the apex of our achievement in presenting dancers at Jacob's Pillow," the Royal Danish Ballet. Then the Danes took over and proved...
Under the philosophy upon which this nation was founded, a great educational system has developed and flourished. At its apex is the realm of higher education where the responsibility for furthering the routes of truth and knowledge rests more heavily than in any other area of the educational system. In the realm of higher education the American right to question, to explore, to express, to examine and re-examine, is of necessity exercised continually. Were it not so, our diverse intellectual resources would become stagnant...
Under the philosophy upon which this nation was founded, a great educational system has developed and flourished. At its apex is the realm of higher education where the responsibility for furthering the routes of truth and knowledge rests more heavily than in any other area, of the educational system. In the realm of higher education the American right to question, to explore, to express, to examine and re-examine, is of necessity exercised continually. Were it not so, our diverse intellectual resources would become stagnant...
...years, one of the biggest firms in the hosiery business has been Philadelphia's Apex Hosiery Co. In its two plants in Philadelphia and nearby Spring City, Apex employed close to 900 workers, and grew to a net worth of more than $10 million. But last week Apex suddenly decided to close its doors and sell its plants. Reasons: Southern competition and the A.F.L. Hosiery Workers' refusal to take...
...three years, Apex has been losing both money and orders to Southern textile firms with lower wages. To compete, Apex slashed workers' wages an average of 30%. Last Christmas the company asked its workers to take another cut, this time 15% on wages plus 3% on fringe benefits. The 900 workers reluctantly and narrowly voted to accept the cut, but the union's top officials turned it down, fearing that other companies would also ask for pay cuts. The stockholders then voted to discontinue operations, and asked the directors to work out a plan to liquidate...