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...used to place Virginia way above its Southern sisters, next to Vermont and Wisconsin in godliness, but now I can't help but cram it down into the bottom of the barrel along with Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina. But, maybe ole Virginny just ain't what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 6, 1958 | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

Harris also stated that an occasional meeting might be helpful, but that "there is the danger tha these meetings might degenerate into cram sessions for the general examinations." However, Harris conceded that an experienced tutor would probably be able to make it a beneficial experience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Non-Honors Program For Seniors in History | 10/1/1958 | See Source »

...Viet Nam inherited a rigid, rigorous school system from the French. Huge hoppers of facts must be memorized, and exams are tough. Students cram ceaselessly, go without vacations to study. Only 2.6% are able to cram in enough to pass their ninth-year exams, and only a minority of these survive their bachots four years later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pass or Rot | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

What emerges if these four types are added together? Dadaism, surrealism, stream-of-consciousness-ism and many another esthetic "ism" spring, obviously. from sources akin to those of Rousseau, Satie, Jarry and Apollinaire. Author Shattuck tries hard-and on the whole unsuccessfully-to cram all these tricks into a single bag. Despite the hearty, festive ring of the title, the "Banquet Years," says Author Shattuck, were essentially morbid. In his view they show the connection between modern art and a world that had lost its God and sprawled on the earth with many a gaping hole knocked through it. While...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Unstrung Quartet | 8/11/1958 | See Source »

Reading period is many different things to different people. For some it provides time to pursue individual academic interests. For many others it is essentially a cram session. And for a few it actually is what it was designed to be--a time for doing course assignments specifically reserved for these lectureless days...

Author: By John P. Demos, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 5/13/1958 | See Source »

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