Word: classroom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Economics Professor Fanfani answered with classroom precision: "It would be dangerous to believe that the solution of present difficulties can come from unilateral action. The [Western] will to negotiate must not be mistaken for weakness." At some point amidst the amiability and the inability to reach every agreement, Khrushchev broke out in one of his flights of rocket rhetoric. "Technicians make me laugh," he said, "when they argue over the question of whether five or maybe six rockets armed with thermonuclear warheads might be needed to demolish Great Britain. We have at least twelve already pointed at that target...
...hanging on the light green wall opposite the elevators (which are not used very often, the stairs are quicker). The first shows a group of workers planting seed in an African village; the second, aged tribal chieftains dressed in colorful native costumes, bending over simple textbooks in an outdoor classroom. A third picture shows an Oriental girl, her jet black hair cropped to look like an overturned bowl, gazing suspiciously at a glass of milk and a piece of bread placed before her on a gay print tablecloth. The fourth picture is of two tiny children. Their hands are gripping...
...children to squirming. But in the postwar rush to build schools, the company's competitors have quadrupled in number. Among them is one of the decade's glamour companies, Brunswick Corp. (TIME, Nov. 28), which since 1953 has carved out for itself 22% of the classroom seating market, second only to AmSeCo...
...school revenue comes from local governments, and state aid is sparse. No state depends more on local financing; only Massachusetts spends less per capita on state aid to public education. While Nebraska is 25th in per capita personal income, it is 37th in spending per pupil. The average U.S. classroom teacher earns $5,215 a year; in Nebraska she earns $3,990. Said Democratic Governor Frank Morrison, who figured that Speechwriter Sorensen knew his statistics: "We must do better...
...Peace Corps candidates, all of whom are college graduates, will begin arriving in Cambridge Sunday. They will undergo medical examination Monday, attend a welcoming dinner Monday evening, and begin the regular training schedule Tuesday. They will use the classroom and residence facilities of the Graduate School of Business Administration across the Charles River...