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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Large-scale draft programs and the continuing cold war status mean a military obligation for America's youth for a long time to come. Recent innovations, such as the six-month active duty program, are temporary solutions with indefinite futures. Most young men still expect several years in some branch of the armed services before they can safely plan for a home and future...
...past some graduate schools have admitted students without a degree, after only three years in college. If such a practice were to become commonplace, educators envision a general deterioration in both college and graduate school. In addition, increasing competition for admittance to any of these schools will mean the necessity of higher qualifications...
...because the Church is no longer talking a language which illuminates problems confronting the Academy. We have no Christian society because Christianity has failed to say and do anything finally effective about science and progress. We can only begin to talk about Christian education after we know what we mean by Christianity, and that word has not had an imminent experiential reference for four centuries...
...careful as Sam, the Speedway management had also tried to play it safe. The limit on piston displacement for engines without superchargers had been lowered from 274.59 to 256.284 cu. in. (the limit for supercharged power plants was 170.856 cu. in.), on the theory that less power would mean less speed. It meant just the opposite. Smaller engines allowed smaller cars. The "bombs" that turned out for the 500 had never been lighter, had never handled so well on the turns. As a result, the first ten to finish all beat the late Bill Vukovich's 130.84 m.p.h. record...
...dressing room last week, Fats speculated about his popularity and Presley's: "You got to hand it to the boy. He's it, right now." But when fans call Fats the undisputed rock 'n' roll king, he chortles: "Man, I carry that tag well-I mean undisputed...