Word: fabric
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There is," wrote Smith, "one thread that shines through all the fabric of current criticism: discontent with the schools of education and the teachers' colleges ... [which] now completely dominate public education . . . The critics claim that under the aegis of these institutions . . . common standards of learning are being abandoned, the standards being adjusted to the supposed interests and abilities of the students; that discipline, in the sense of both control of conduct and the process of directed training, is frowned upon as coercive and damaging to the personalities of students. In short, the critics say that under the impact...
With a burst of pride, Firestone Plastics Co. Inc., a subsidiary of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., last week announced that it had been awarded the Fashion Academy Gold Medal Award. The reason: "Firestone's Velon [a new plastic fabric] accents its economy . . . with distinctive beauty of design and unique color styling." Many a businessman and consumer who have seen the words "Awarded the Fashion Academy Gold Medal" spread across millions of dollars of advertising space, had cause to ask: Just what is the Fashion Academy Gold Medal Award...
Last week, Britain's ailing (duodenal ulcer) Prime Minister left his hospital bed only to face another, deeply worrisome jigsaw puzzle: how to patch up the torn fabric of his Labor Party. He appointed new ministers (see box) to fill the posts left vacant by the rebellious resignations of Nye Bevan and Harold Wilson (TIME, April 30) and the death of Ernest Bevin. Then he tried to rally his followers against Left-Winger Bevan...
...bang. Right now, the lawmakers are enthusiastic about the Communist menace within the state, which makes fine speech material, good news copy and great headlines. But in their almost hysterical efforts to dynamite Communism, some of them are playing around with a charge big enough to wreck the whole fabric of free government...
...Declare football an "unholy mess" and throw it out entirely. He noted, however, that "if football is abolished, or de-emphasized it might damage the fabric of the college community. The experience at the University of Chicago proves that." Without football, he suggested, Harvard would lose its drawing power for some students, bringing in an overbalance of intellectuals...