Word: builded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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American educators can concern themselves not only with the problem of whether Russia will build the better mousetrap, but, if the Russians do, will our world beat a path to their door...
...disenchanted with a French-built puddle jumper) erred in expecting good workmanship from a nation unable to even govern itself. Too bad he didn't try a Volkswagen. People who can lift themselves from the 1945 flat-off-their-backs to dominate Europe economically can, among other things, build good cars...
...easy to think only of the first problem, and resolve to build more laboratories and pay teachers higher salaries (though action lags far behind resolve). But a more imaginative approach will be required for the second problem...
...possess in all its towns and cities the best of all possible school systems, actually runs the gamut from outstanding to abominable, and is thus a suitable area for illustration and internal comparison.) The Board of Education of Mamaroneck decided several years ago that it was time to build an addition to the high school, held meetings and forums, convinced the daily paper to carry stories on the building, and with no difficulty, managed to have the bond issue passed. When it was discovered that the original figure was too low, the Board by these same methods garnered an even...
About six miles away, however, the city of Mount Vernon has been trying for seven years to swing a referendum to build one large, or two smaller high schools. Within this period, the school board has held four referenda, each of which has been voted down, following an active campaign on the part of a non-parent citizens group claiming that the structure cost too much (and as each year passes the costs rise). In the last referendum in December, the organization also cried that the referendum, was scheduled during the week preceeding Christmas purposely to garner a small...