Word: essays
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When Marcos stepped up to a small podium beneath the Speaker's desk in the House to address a joint session of Congress, he regained the spotlight with a carefully reasoned plea for a continued U.S. presence in Asia (see ESSAY). "Today we send our sons in total commitment to South Viet Nam on an errand of mercy, although we face the retaliation of armed Communism in our own land," he said. Eying Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman J. William Fulbright who sat-on his hands -a few rows away, he said: "We note a hesitancy, some frustration...
Like many another grocery chain, Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. is usually far too busy stocking its shelves to expend much effort on law enforcement. Yet various forms of larceny are a serious problem (TIME Essay, Sept. 9). The company loses more than $8,000,000 annually from customer shoplifting, employee thefts, and the filching of some 10,000 shopping carts. Deciding that stealing has gone far enough, Kroger's management last week called on one of the U.S.'s top cops for help. Cincinnati's Police Chief Stanley Schrotel, 52, quit his municipal job to become head...
...greatly appreciated the Essay on the foreign visitor in America [Aug. 26] and believe it will contribute toward creating a better awareness of this movement of people, so important to our domestic economy and to a fuller international understanding of this country...
While the impact of our major stories, such as the cover and Essay, are well known, even we were somewhat surprised at the scope of the reaction to that 100-line story in the Education section. "Nothing has ever happened to Miles," says President Lucius Pitts, "that was as beneficial as the article in TIME" Soon after the story appeared, Miles began receiving contributions from all over the world. Kenneth Montgomery, a Chicago attorney, was so moved by the school's plight that he sent Pitts a check for $15,000. Residents of Bombay, India, raised...
...year. Without advance word to anyone, university officials "block-registered" 30 freshmen in English, math, history and social-science classes, just to test the idea. Students quickly caught on, dubbed themselves "the group," got together for pizza parties and bowling. The teachers spontaneously coordinated assignments so that an English essay, for example, would deal with an idea being developed in a math class. They also compared notes on student weaknesses, gave problem kids more individual attention. Perhaps coincidentally, not a single member of "the group" left school, despite a 51% dropout rate in the freshman class at large...