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Word: manye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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On many a college campus, a C is still a fashionable grade for a bright young man whose pursuit of fun often overrules his search for knowledge. But not any longer at Massachusetts' Amherst College. There "gentleman C" and even B students whose performances do not measure up to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Underachievers | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

At the root of the tension between the Air Force and the colleges, said President Millett, is a continuing uncertainty over the mission of the A.F.R.O.T.C. program. Over the past 15 years, the Air Force has shifted the goal from training men to serve for short terms in reserve units...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Needed: A New Mission | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

In explanation, Major General Lloyd P. Hopwood, director of Personnel Procurement and Training, said that the A.F.R.O.T.C. program is "the least flexible of our officer-procurement programs," since changes in Air Force strength in recent years have "been established in hours or at most a few months." To change the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Needed: A New Mission | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

The Gospel does not tell how many Wise Men there were; according to St. Chrysostom and St. Augustine there were twelve, but tradition soon narrowed them to three-presumably because of the three gifts they brought. As far back as the and century, the church assigned symbolical meaning to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Rich Poverty ... | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

The making of these pious toys became a specialized trade, and Naples was its center, with orders for cribs coming in from all over Europe. In the former royal Neapolitan palace at Caserta are preserved some 300 of the thousands of figurines that once composed Italy's most magnificent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Rich Poverty ... | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

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