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In Chicago. At a meeting of 700 professors and presidents of U.S. teachers colleges, Paul Woodring (Let's Talk Sense About Our Schools) warned that a whole new mood has settled over the country. Once, said he, "we wanted every child to be happy and contented and to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The New Mood | 3/3/1958 | See Source »

In Paris' fashionable George V Hotel, no accommodation is cheaper, none less fashionable than the two shabbily genteel, Y.M.C.A.-sized rooms of Suite 801. Last week, as it has been for weeks, 801 was registered only under the name of "Monsieur Paul." Inside it might have passed for a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: The Do-lt-Yourself Tycoon | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

CONTENTED cows used to get that way on their own; now they are put on tranquilizers. As for old dogs, they are taught new tricks, according to the latest scientific principles of geriatrics and psychology. In the last two decades, veterinary medicine in the U.S. has made giant forward strides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 3, 1958 | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

Outside of this long shooting, the freshmen offered little on offense, as Brown controlled the boards. The Yardlings contented themselves with picking their spots for jump shots or one-handers.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '61 Defeats Brown In Fifth Win, 71-60; Bowditch Scores 27 | 1/7/1958 | See Source »

Wild-eyed with fright, a herd of 33 Brahman steers bellowed into Kansas City, Mo. last week on their way to a feeding lot to be fattened for market. After an emergency call for help to K.C.'s Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories, the steers were as contented as cows in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Soothed Steer | 12/30/1957 | See Source »

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