Word: mets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Most Americans seem to regard education as a commodity or service which anybody ought to get, simply by paying tuition or by having the cost of education met through taxes. A school system that insists on the same instruction for the talented, average, and below-average child may prevent as many children from growing intellectually as would a system that excludes children because of social, political or economic status of parents. Neither system is democratic...
...Dodger president to the Dodgers' spring training camp at Vero Beach, Fla. A loud, impulsive man who manages to give the impression of enjoying himself hugely without quite understanding what is going on, Norris Poulson began to wave his arms wildly and spout promises the moment he met O'Malley. With all the sentimentality of a process server, Walter stopped the harangue by handing the mayor a paper. Somehow, Walter had already found time to spell out in detail just what he wanted...
...Anarchy." When O'Malley went West again a few months later, he was met by a motorcade of baseball-happy loons. The town was decked with Dodger flags; he felt like a conquering hero. He figured he had it made...
...Then he met with Mayor Poulson's brain trust. Los Angeles, he learned to his dismay, was not about to give away Chavez Ravine on O'Malley's terms. "The thing got more and more confusing," he admits. "I finally asked, 'Well, who's the big guy out here? Who do I have to deal with...
Robert H. Chapman, associate professor of English and a member of the Faculty Committee, emphasized earlier this week that the report is a general statement and is subject to revision. He noted that the Committee has not met to consider the Student Council resolutions...