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...crowd stamped and cheered. Roy Cullen, who has already given $25 million to Houston U., turned away and dabbed at his eyes with a handkerchief. Then he faced the students and said: "I love...
...said that his desire to return to the U.S. was fired by the sight of the American flag in a parade. And besides, he wanted to clear his record for the sake of his two American-born, teen-age children. In court, he trembled, dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief, and pleaded guilty to one count of fraud. As a result of his cooperative and contrite air, his penalty was comparatively light:§ a fine of $2,000. three years in prison. He will be eligible for parole in a year...
...object. Each of 113 driver-passenger teams drew meticulous instructions (as in the game of treasure hunt) for checking in at hard-to-spot "control" and "inquisition" points as well as visiting synagogues along the way. At each control point, teams had to perform some action correctly: waving a handkerchief, snatching a brass ring while driving at 9 m.p.h., buying a stick of candy (but drivers who sneaked a lick en route had it scored against them). At each of five inquisition points, teams had to answer a question. The questions: 1) When was the state of Israel founded...
...taken to mean that "all educational activities must be social in nature...The child who preferred the contemplative life must at all costs be brought out of his seclusion and thrust into strenuous social activity. If he wished to read poetry when other children were playing drop the handkerchief, the teacher first made an effort to entice or force him into the more social activity, and if this failed, she sent out a call for the school psychologist...The statement that education is a social process is a dangerous and misleading half-truth. Some education is social; some education must...
...advantages: e.g., it reduces commuting distance to the city, makes such amenities as washing machines and parks cheaper because they are used by more people. But, "no expanse of parkland made available by vertical concentration, no crèche on the 18th floor, will make up for the handkerchief of private garden . . . The privileges of ... gathering up a tearful toddler within a few seconds of his tumble at play, of quieting a squabble . . . without leaving the milk to boil over may seem trivial to architects; by mothers they are valued much above communal laundries...