Word: bell
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Your writer is certainly justified in his fury against the wretched bell that calls seven-year-olds away from writing when they want to write. But of all the evils introduced by the bureaucratic organization of schools, the fixed schedule for rest periods is probably the most necessary. The point of the episode as a whole was Mrs. Mullen's success in stimulating these children to want to write, as part of the Whittier schools' success in building reading skills through writing...
...citation for excellence, from a jury of our peers in the Overseas Press Club in Manhattan, for last December's cover story on Nigeria's Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Balewa. It was based on a 30,000-word file from James Bell and written by Edward Hughes, who like Bell has crisscrossed Africa from Cairo to the Cape, and from Abidjan to Zanzibar as a TIME correspondent...
Chicago's camera-making Bell & Howell Co. believes that "youth must be served'' the top jobs. Twelve years ago, Bell & Howell promoted 29-year-old Charles H. Percy into the presidency to shake the company out of its stodgy ways. Percy diversified Bell & Howell's product line, boosted sales from $13 million to $114 million last year. Last week Chuck Percy, now a ripe 41, moved up to board chairman (keeping, however, the title of chief executive officer). His successor is another bright young man in a hurry: Executive Vice President Peter G. Peterson...
...caught the eye of the research-happy McCann-Erickson agency. He was made a McCann vice president at 27, shortly after became right-hand man to McCann's President Marion Harper (who himself was named to the agency's top spot at 32). Distressed at reports that Bell & Howell was trying to lure Peterson away. Harper three years ago informed top McCann executives that Peterson was his chosen successor. But Peterson ignored the offer, jumped to Bell & Howell when the bait was sweetened to include a huge stock option. As president, Peterson will continue to run Bell & Howell...
...Bell & Howell Close-Up (ABC, 10-10:30 p.m.). "The Land of the White Ghost"-Part 1 of a series on Africa...