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"Our school system demands some prompt, effective help," President Eisenhower announced in February, 1953, and the nation's educators promptly chalked up an "A" for homework well-done. But the new administration evidently forgot its important assignment, for now, nearly three years later, the critical need for elementary and secondary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crisis in Schools | 11/15/1955 | See Source »

He will not accept public office, said ex-King Norodom Sihanouk, but he will direct governmental affairs through a party steering committee. To get his people's ideas, he added, he will soon convene a sort of town meeting of the nation in the Pnompenh soccer stadium, "as in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: The People's Prince | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

The political earthquake that shook Brazil a fortnight ago (TIME. April 18) subsided last week. The process of reshuffling the Cabinet continued, but President Joâo Café Filho calmly went ahead with his plans to fly from Rio this week on a nine-day trip to Portugal, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: After the Earthquake | 4/25/1955 | See Source »

Just as things seemed to be going better in his struggle to save South Viet Nam (pop. 10.5 million), Nationalist Premier Ngo Dinh Diem last week ran into serious trouble. He was caught in an ambush set by the discredited but still powerful rearguards of his country's past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: Diem Besieged | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

The G.O.P. move came hard on the heels of a Democratic decision to convene again in Chicago, starting either on July 23 or Aug. 13, 1956. The August dates for both parties hinge on whether the election laws of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio, South Dakota and Iowa, requiring early certification of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: On to the Cow Palace | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

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