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...Yale's one-year program has so far turned out 28 teachers, was designed specifically as "a massive transfusion of the liberal arts" into teacher training. Says its director, Theodore Andersson: "Thanks to their steeping in the humanities, our teachers are expected to exert an impact on American education out of all proportion to their numbers...
...Caretaker. Last August Giuseppe Pella got power chiefly because he promised not to exert it. He is a Christian Democrat, and he served for five years in De Gasperi's government as the brilliantly successful keeper of the budget. But Giuseppe Pella had no political organization of his own, no party faction behind him. The party did not choose him to be Premier. It was not even consulted in advance. Pella's old friend and mentor, President Luigi Einaudi, tapped Pella because he merely wanted someone to govern as a caretaker while the Christian Democrats settled among themselves...
...anarchy) is tempered by the influence of the presidency acting on the people-not through a party machine, but more directly through the President's access to press, radio and TV. The voters reached by the President exercise an influence on Congressmen. In this way, a President can exert almost as much (or as little) leverage on opposition Congressmen as on members of his own party. As election day approaches, a popular President's influence on Congressmen can be expected to increase considerably...
...regular TV telecasts in Italy, Pope Pius XII last week released a statement to all Italian bishops pointing out that television must be regarded as a mixed blessing. On the one hand, TV as a "new conquest of science" can exert a "beneficial influence in relation to the culture and popular education of the people." On the other hand, "TV programs are, in most part, made up of films and theatrical spectacles, and the number that fully satisfy Christian morality is still too small." The Pope warned that "it can only be frightening to think that, through the medium...
...social security program during periods of recession. As payrolls decrease, the contingency could be drawn upon in lieu of tax increases to cover increased benefit disbursements. As the economy recovered and payrolls increased, the contingency fund could be built up again. Thus, the fund would tend to exert a stabilizing influence on the economy. The present 19 billion dollar contingency fund under such an arrangement might be permitted to rise somewhat in line with the growth in the economy...