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Better Than the Mines. In pursuit of his trade, the aspiring major-league umpire must serve a lengthy minor-league apprenticeship (average duration: five to seven years), pass an exhaustive, FBI-type security check. Even after arrival in the majors, an umpire's tenure is chronically insecure: he can be optioned, traded or fired, sometimes on whim...
...Philosopher. Gus Grissom's almost stoic calm in the face of the unknown was the product of both an introspective nature and a long and dedicated apprenticeship. The smallest (5 ft. 7 in.), most soft-spoken and most reserved of the astronauts, he tried the Air Force briefly as an aviation cadet just before World War II ended, later re-entered it after getting a mechanical engineering degree at Purdue. He flew 100 combat missions in the Korean war (Distinguished Flying Cross, two Air Medals), returned to the U.S. as a pilot instructor at Bryan, Texas. Says his pretty...
Although NBC pointed out that the Today show will continue to have its traditional varied balance of breakfast matter, the choice reflects the network's growing emphasis on news and public affairs. After an apprenticeship on the Chicago...
...last July, the Laborite Daily Mirror called it "the most reckless political appointment since the Roman Emperor Caligula made his favorite horse a consul." Home admitted wistfully that "one would have to have the hide of a rhinoceros not to be affected by the criticism." But he defended his apprenticeship for the job. "After all, for five years it was my job to explain foreign policy to the Commonwealth." Officials used to his rather dour predecessor, Selwyn Lloyd, were charmed by Home's wit and informality (Home rides up front in official cars, putting the Scotland Yard...
...also recommended that the colleges exercise greater control over the apprenticeship period of teacher instruction, and give the "cooperating teachers" an "associate of the college" position and financial renumeration. Also, the period of apprenticeship should be prolonged when necessary, for the student to obtain a certain level of competence, the report said...