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...desks in Peking, the Communist press could scarcely find words rapturous enough to describe the change that had come over them. The 44,000 had just completed a "year's tempering in productive work." Translation: they had been ideologically "remolded'' by a year's forced manual labor in the country...
...professor was denounced, went mad, and ended up "living in a pig sty." Lo himself was subjected to weeks of public criticism for reading pre-Communist novels rather than progressive ones. Then came the directive ordering all politically suspect students and intellectuals sent to the country to reform through manual labor...
...equal disaster. A Midwestern auto supplier planned a highly automated plant to make auto frames. But he did not allow sufficient lead time to get out all the bugs. The automated equipment was out of line, would not pass the parts along, and the company had to return to manual equipment to meet production schedules. A Los Angeles wholesale drug company automated the ordering and billing for its warehouse. But hardly had the warehouse started to operate when it had to shut down for nearly two months to straighten out its affairs after the computer had reduced the paper work...
Cornell seems to be weaker than last year, when it finished in second place. The Crimson has more experience since its last place finish in 1957-58, and will start eight lettermen, among them Captain Bill Trebilcock at foil. Senior Manual Cabral will lead the sabres, and junior Jim Roberts will be number one epee...
There are notable and heroic exceptions. One pastor and his wife, both university graduates, abandoned hope of further academic schooling for their five children rather than submit them to Youth Dedication. All five backed up their parents, are learning manual trades instead. One bishop's son renounced higher education on his own. rather than undergo the pagan ceremony, is now working as an unskilled laborer in a cement plant...