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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hours. He was never pleased unless you could stand up to him. He demanded research and curiosity. He wanted you to ask, to probe, to argue. The two issues he emphasized were the necessity for Islam and Iran to be independent of both Eastern and Western colonialism and the need to get the clergy put of the mold of an academic straitjacket. He said the clergy had a responsibility for humanity not only in Iran but wherever people were hungry and oppressed. In this way Khomeini trained 1,200 religious leaders who are the elite of the country today...
...courses for undergraduates, Rassias and his followers frequently teach by play acting, as well as by pats on the head for good students. "The method brings emotions into the classroom," explains the professor. "Unless you feel a new language emotionally, the words won't come out when you need them." For the transit police project whose $18,000 cost was paid by private foundations, Rassias based classroom exercises on subway situations: passengers asking for directions, youths jumping across turnstiles, men molesting women. The daily eight-hour sessions were taught by four Spanish-speaking subway policemen who took a four...
Said Dartmouth Senior John Rich, 20: "When people found out the police were coming up, they made jokes like 'How can you teach them Spanish when they need to learn English first?' Their visit helped us see them as people." Added Dartmouth Junior Anthony Lotson: "They're very eager to learn...
...capacity to build new equipment. Of the 16 firms that made big buses four decades ago, only four are left, and of them only two- Grumman Flexible and General Motors- are making city buses. Their combined output is fewer than 3,000 a year. Hence the U.S., which will need at least 36,000 new buses during the next four years, will have to turn to foreign manufacturers...
...been hit harder than its competitors because it tends to market relatively more big cars, vans, trucks and recreational vehicles. The company's unit sales are off 16.9% for the year so far, vs. 5.3% for General Motors and 16.2% for Ford. At its present pace, Chrysler would need more than 200 days to sell off the substantial inventories of its big New Yorker and St. Regis models. In May lacocca announced the closing of the second plant in 30 days, the large factory in Hamtramck, Mich.; 2,200 of its workers will be laid...