Word: developers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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German-born Rudolph Dirks was the first U.S. cartoonist to develop a plot with a series of consecutive panels and a permanent cast of characters, the first to enclose all his dialogue in balloons. His Kids, christened Katzenjammer (German slang for hangover) by a Journal editor, became a classic over Dirks's protests. "People will get sick of this stuff," he insisted. But the kids caught on, soon gathered the supporting cast that still appears in both strips: long-suffering Mama; Der Inspector, a white-bearded truant officer; and Der Captain, a seafaring disciplinarian ("Spare der rod und spoil...
...filling the gap, using heavy overtime to boost production. (Chrysler has already shipped 10,390 Imperials for 1957, more than all it sold of the 1956 model.) This year so far auto manufacturers are keeping inventories firmly under control so that even if a warm-weather upsurge fails to develop they will not be caught with last year's heavy stocks. But optimism is still far stronger than caution. Said a Chrysler official: "Our real worry is that we won't be able to build up enough inventory to meet the spring demand...
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer agreed yesterday to a high-level trade talks between the Soviet Union and West Germany in an effort to develop "friendly cooperation...
...President Lowell's cherished principle of self-education. The tutorial plan was an essential part of that idea, and the House system its natural vehicle. For above all, the tutor is not intended to be another lecturer or quiz master, but the original contact from which informal intellectual relationships develop...
...should concentrate on including more office space for faculty members in both existing and new Houses. When a professor works and holds office hours in a particular House, he is more likely to dine there than in the Faculty Club or a restaurant, and such informal contacts can easily develop into important channels for the exchange of ideas. Within the House the professor may eventually come to feel himself a member of a stimulating social and academic community, and until that time, an office in a House can be made more pleasant than a crowded niche in Widener...