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...universities. They are instead small and unique, usually a question of emphasis different from other institutions: the pioneering Urban Training Center for Divinity School students, or the communications system-computer expert who heads the library school. The university has not lost its Harper-established reputation, but it must not forfeit its individuality by stretching its claims...

Author: By Eleanor G. Swift, | Title: The Making of a University | 1/27/1967 | See Source »

...home $2.2 billion last year. Because of the sharp drop in sales at home, British automakers may well have to raise their export prices to uncompetitive levels or sell their cars abroad at a loss. In any case, the leading exporter, British Ford, expects that this year Britain will forfeit its second place (after West Germany) in European auto sales to France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Autos in a Skid | 10/21/1966 | See Source »

Automatic Forfeit. Congress also heeded Detroit's pleas that it takes a human behind the wheel to turn a car into a misguided missile. A highway-safety bill, approved 317 to 3 by the House, offers $270 million over three years-$140 million less than a Senate version-as an incentive to states to tighten safety codes and to improve driver training, testing and inspection of vehicles and highway design. The House also decreed that states that do not set up an approved road-safety program by Jan. 1, 1968 will forfeit 10% of the federal aid that they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: New Deal for Drivers | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

...least the Crimson will have a full team. On Saturday, the squad was beaten by Navy, six to one, and had to forfeit the number seven match because there was no one to play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Outcome of Golf Matches Uncertain; Annual Pushovers Could Be Tough | 4/14/1966 | See Source »

Psychology and anthropology are inclined to see America as a nation of spoiled children. "Americans want immediate satisfaction," says Manhattan Psychologist Harold Greenwald. "The car buyer can't wait a week for his car." Says Manhattan Psychoanalyst Sandor Lorand: "Patience is just another quality Americans forfeit when they live in this pressure cooker. From the day the child starts school, he is under pressure. No wonder he grows up impatient-first with others, then with himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: ON PATIENCE AS AN AMERICAN VIRTUE | 3/25/1966 | See Source »

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