Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This inter-sectional gap is more than filled by the two months of almost straight revue work which open Math 2, but the time lost there and in the balance of this overly leisurely course constitutes one of the worst bottle-necks in the training of scientists for defense. In time of peace this laxness may have been partially balanced by the freedom allowed the section men to touch upon advanced topics in their special fields, but in a war training program this aspect of a liberal education must be sacrificed. Not only does it delay mathematical training...
...MacMitchell, Mr. Dodds proved that he had learned a lot since his correspondence-schooling. Taking the lead on the third lap, he pulled farther & farther away from the field. At the halfway mark he was twelve yards in front. With only three laps to go, he had stretched the gap to 15 yards. Trying desperately to overtake him, MacMitchell ran the final quarter in 60.3 sec., but it was not fast enough. Mr. Dodds beat him by two yards. His time: 4:08.9. World's indoor record...
...situation would be economic ambrosia compared to the potion we would have to swallow when the war is over and the government expenditures sag from something over fifty billions of dollars to a meagre ten billion. The big post-war problem will be filling in that forty billion dollar gap. Unless there is enough private investment and consumer spending to fill it in, we will experience a gum-shoe stagnation that will make 1929 look like prosperity without the corner. We won't be able to fill it in unless new outlets for investment are opened up and business...
Whether or not the Hutchins plan should be adopted in its particulars is not too important; the point is that there is something radically wrong with the present structure of liberal education. There is a lag,--a dangerous gap--, between the training that our liberal arts colleges offer, and the demand for that training in the world of business and industry. There used to be a time, at the turn of the century, when a man with four years of cultural background was a rarity. In recent years it has been difficult to get a white-collar job without...
...Stanley's idea grew out of a subcontractor hunt he conducted for Floyd Odium's Contract Distribution Office last summer. The big gap between sub-and prime contractors, he found, was ignorance. The small manufacturer could not find out just what the big one wanted, or even who he was; the big fellow could not find out what the small fry had to offer. In his talks with the small fry, Stanley decided that they needed to know only a few basic facts to find their proper subcontracting niche: 1) the materials to be handled, 2) the type...