Word: coverer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What the man on the screen teaches is another matter. Teaching is not technology. It is the splendid province of the remarkable man on this week's cover. In the last year he has done more than any other single educator to throw Sputnik's red glare where it belongs-on the curriculum in U.S. public schools. James Bryant Conant is a product (1910) of one of the nation's best secondary schools, Roxbury Latin in Boston. In his 303 he was one of the country's most brilliant young chemists. At 40 he became president...
...never been easy to ignore for long. Beginning with his first year as Harvard's president (TIME, Feb. 5, 1934), through Harvard's tercentenary (TIME, Sept. 28, 1936), through postwar revamping of Harvard's curriculum (TIME, Sept. 23, 1946), Conant has been on TIME'S cover three times before. This is his fourth appearance-a rare record for a nonpolitical personage. Even this appearance goes back to his Harvard days. For Conant's fascination with public schools began in 1933, when he had to decide "whether to drown a kitten," meaning Harvard's ailing...
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...Broadening of plans to cover hospitalization for tuberculosis and mental illness...
...surprise, the festival's standout was the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Blending classical and jazz traditions with a masterful touch, Milhaud-trained Pianist Brubeck (TIME cover, Nov. 8, 1954) and his mates (Eugene Wright on bass, Joe Morello on drums, Paul Desmond on alto sax) made each number sound like a theme and variations. The quartet usually started with well-known tunes (These Foolish Things, St. Louis Blues), then varied the tempo (from 4/4 to 5/4 and back to 3/4) as it injected its own sometimes loud, sometimes soft designs. The solo lead flew like a badminton bird from...