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...addition, weak enthusiasms, which presumably the Faculty wishes to strengthen, have a way o dying under such paternal rigor. Only those interested at the start would be sure to apply themselves enough to learn anything permanently and they would probably take the courses anyway. The Faculty has braved this facet of haman nature but once within my memory, in setting up General Education. Surely, G. E. is interesting and fruitful enough to warrant taking the risk. Language courses...
...down to six town boards. Quizzing their 44 members, Fishback found that one board met privately whenever it felt like having "a heck of a good time" hashing over town gossip. Another believed its only duty was to "pass on maintenance of buildings," was astounded to hear that every facet of local education lay within its province...
Writer for Free. The radio & TV networks approve the arrangement between Schlockmeisters and giveaways. They are not so sure about another facet of the business known as the "payola." Originally, the payola was a simple expression of gratitude. If a TV comic used a brand name in a joke (e.g., "Your hair looks like you combed it with a Waring mixer"), he would be likely to receive a Waring mixer in the next mail. But Schlockmeisters are not always content to wait until a comic thinks up a joke on his own. To speed matters along, they may write...
...Hard work, imagination, initiative eventually pay off," he continned. "Science as one facet of such human activities can be intruded into the ancient technical arts, however complete, and given time and patience, improvements will result. But hardly ever the exact improvement that were expected. The hits in pure and applied science are usually made with a crooked ball. But the game must be played if hits are to be made at all." Conant concluded...
Every deputy in the Majlis, save one or two, rose like automatons last week and voted to make Mohammed Mossadegh dictator of Iran for the next six months. Unchecked and unquestioned, he would control virtually every facet of national life from the press to the treasury to the military. Demonstrating what happens to those who defy Mossadegh, the Majlis voted to confiscate the $16 million fortune of his principal opponent, ex-Premier Ahmed Qavam (now a fugitive), leaving Qavam's wife & child $160,000. Teheran's airport was crowded with Mossadegh adversaries rushing off for "medical attention...