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At first it applied only to radio, then to television, both of which came under Government regulation on the grounds that channels were scarce and airwaves crowded. Stations were required to devote some broadcast time to public issues and to allow contrasting points of view a chance to be heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Newswatch: The Blanding of Newspapers | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

"It is embarassing that professors, who spend so much time evaluating and criticizing other institutions, devote so little effort to finding ways to improve their own methods of instruction," Bok said.

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Comping Computerization | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

Another professor noted for exceptional teaching, Namburg Professor of Music Luise Vosgerchian, explains her philosophy. "There are two ways of educating," she says. The first is for the professor to devote his or her life to research and then present the results to the students who can then "accept or...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Credit for Fun | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

The students who suffer most from that myth are the premeds. Contrary to the spirit of a liberal arts education, premedical students, striving for one of the precious spots in a medical school, devote more than one-third of their college educations to preparing for medicine. The rigorous requirements, as...

Author: By J. ANDREW Mendelsohn, | Title: What Makes a Premed | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

Because NBC's prime-time schedule is the most stable of the networks', Tartikoff has time to devote to the rest of the broadcast day. The Today show, the most bracing of the three sunrise coffee klatches, has mounted a strong assault on longtime ratings champ Good Morning America at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Coming Up From Nowhere | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

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