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The New Aga. "Unless he changes a great deal," says one of his former teachers of the new Aga Khan, "he'll never make a playboy." "I'm not much for sport," says Prince Karim himself. A shy, serious, 20-year-old member of Harvard's Class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISLAM: The Ago Khan | 7/22/1957 | See Source »

The Redlegs were the sad sacks of the second division when Birdie took them over in 1954; by 1956 they had surprised themselves and come within two games of stealing the pennant. The big difference was Birdie. Sportswriters named him "Manager of the Year," but Cincinnati ball fans amended that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Game of Inches | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

Talent, Not Tactics. Cincinnati fans knew Birdie as a hustling, 14-year veteran of major-league catching. They had heard of him as a scrappy American League catcher (Detroit, Boston, Cleveland) who hated to come out second best in anything-a ball game, an argument with an umpire, a. conversation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Game of Inches | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

Simple monaural tape, in which the sound is filtered into a single track as in a standard record, was once expected to replace disks (tape deteriorates far less easily in playing and is free of surface noise). The fact is that monaural tape simply does not' produce better sound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: And Now, Stereo | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

Another experiment is the Divisional Majors Honors Program. Not always restricted to honors candidates, this plan offers seminars that cut departmental lines for the last two years, along with tutorial work, additional reading, and possibly some course work on the side. No grades are given in this program which leads...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: The Grading System: Its Defects Are Many | 6/13/1957 | See Source »

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