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Jeffrey Wolcowitz, instructor in economics, said yesterday, "A lot of the things said in the article related to the period of 1974 to 1975--in past years, the health of the department has improved...

Author: By Natalie S. Bigelow, | Title: 'Business Week' Charges Economics Dept. Declining | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...lecture its investigators on white-collar crime. California's department of justice hired a man with firsthand experience: Joseph L. Bentz Jr., who had avoided prosecution for his part in embezzling millions by agreeing to testify for the authorities. By all accounts, Bentz, 44, was an excellent instructor. "He was fascinating," recalls Roy G. Leyrer, who ran the program. "He was very willing to discuss all aspects of the con game. I wish I could get a few more guys like him. Policemen and other investigators came from all over the country to hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: White-Collared | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...1960s" or "in the 1960's"? Is it "a U.S. Representative" or "an U.S. Representative"? Where does the apostrophe go in "the Smiths' (or Smith's) car"?*Fifteen times a day, on the average, telephone callers put these questions to an Emporia State University English instructor with the appropriate name of Faye Vowell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Grammarphone | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...anyone else who calls with a question about correct usage. Other such lines have sprung up lately at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, Ark., and the Johnson County Community College near Kansas City, Kans. "We get several calls a week from California alone," says Arkansas English Instructor Michael Montgomery. The most common questions concern the correct use of who vs. whom, and which vs. that. The most frequent callers are secretaries struggling with their bosses' dictation. But college faculty members and local magazine editors have also rung up the help fully un-silent Vowell and her colleagues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Grammarphone | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...incorrect use of "less" for "fewer" ("Less students are enrolled this year than last"). The response was no better when he wanted to check out the more subtle misuse of "whom" in a subordinate clause ("They wanted to hire whomever was the best candidate"). A Johnson County instructor correctly insisted that Miller switch to "whoever," but at Emporia, an unidentified voice, presumably a graduate student, told Miller the sentence was correct as it stood. The quickest and surest correct answers to all three questions were provided by Little Rock's Montgomery, who mans his hot line during morning hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Grammarphone | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

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