Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Actually, the new format is nearly the same one used in Europe for all books (other than collections), whether the book be a classic, a reprint, or a bestseller. The economics of the book business in America are pretty incomprehensible. (No matter how many copies of a best-seller are sold, the publisher usually announces that he only breaks clear because of the sale of movie rights.) Why couldn't something similar to the Rinchart paper editions be used for all new books? There are damn few books coming out each day of which the prospective purchaser is confident...
Recommendations for the revamping of English A were also approved by the Faculty at its meeting yesterday, and the matter was referred to the Committee on Educational Policy for implementation...
Buck has stated that with a tuition rise, he will be able to channel all further gifts and endowments into new projects. At present, there are committees on scholarships and on advising working towards reports which should propose important changes in Harvard procedure. There is the matter of rents--with the additional money next year, there seems little reason for any rise in overall room rates. More money now should also be enough of a booster to prevent deterioration in instruction which has made a diploma from many colleges farcical since...
...only problem. Raymond Nelson, director of Du Mont's Fashions on Parade, points to color as one difficulty: on the TV screen, dresses of certain shades of red make a girl look undressed. TV avoids negligees, slips, nightgowns and foundation garments-even on dummies. "No matter how you look at it," says Nelson, "a wax dummy on television is a nude woman in the living room...
...vote of 227 to 89, the congregation of the Community Church of Miami Shores, Fla. last week decided not to fire its pastor, 37-year-old Rev. Donald Douds. But that did not necessarily settle the matter. Said one prominent trustee: "I believe personally the church is ruined...