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...things. He can stimulate and become as stimulated as his students; if he's wise, he grows with them." Says one stimulated teacher: "It's a privilege to be here; it's constantly exhilarating. The problem is that so many of the kids are brighter than we are. We know darned well our IQs don't match most of theirs...
Omen of Hope. Born just one week after the Nazis invaded her country and named after the great 14th century queen who extended her rule throughout Scandinavia, Margrethe's birth was regarded during the somber days of the occupation as an omen of brighter times to come. She grew into a shy but fun-loving little girl who, when asked what she liked best about the private school she was attending, blurted: "All that milling around and pushing and shoving in the corridors...
...brighter side, most consumer and service industries were booming. The world's biggest money earner. American Telephone & Telegraph, which installed 450,000 new phones in the quarter (down from 775,000 a year ago), reported profits of $2.76 a share (up from $2.63 a year ago). International Business Machines rang up record sales, and its quarterly profits soared to $1.98 a share from $1.78 for 1957's first quarter, when there were fewer shares outstanding. Revlon's earnings edged up slightly to a new record. Fast-moving Polaroid's net jumped to 31?, up from...
...demands of change and to roll with the movement. Nowhere last week was the common aptitude better stated than in Woburn, Mass., where Gas Station Owner Joe Hanson was moving his house an eighth of a mile and building a new gas station to accommodate a wider, smoother, brighter, speedier Route 93. Said Joe Hanson: "I'm sure I'll get a fair deal from the state. I won't be compensated for my inconvenience. But I'll end up with a better business. I'll live in a better community. Things will...
Today Wall Street is looking to a brighter future. Experts expect that trading will be slow for the rest of the year, that stocks will seesaw in a narrow range. The big test of whether the market has seen its low will come in the next six weeks, when companies release their first-quarter earnings. Railroads, copper and other metals, already hard hit in 1957, are not likely to improve. Nevertheless, Wall Street feels that the basis is being laid for a rise in late 1958 and 1959. One clue is the widening spread between stock dividends and bond yields...