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Wrote the Atlanta Constitution's Ralph McGill: "It is a melancholy business, and it is the more so because it is a reflection on all of us. That so many millions hang on the results of the quizzes, in which sterile parrot knowledge was put to artificial use, was a commentary on our public values." As if to support McGill's point, the New York Daily News's inquiring photographer asked six New Yorkers a $64,000 question: "Would you have any qualms about appearing on a [rigged] quiz show?" Answered five...
Screeching Halt. In Charlotte, N.C., sneaking out of Johney's Hobby Shop with a radio he had just pilfered, a young boy was caught when the shop's pet parrot squawked: "Boy stealing . . . boy stealing...
Around the swimming pool, by day, a trio of little girls (ages 3½, 2½, and ½ raise continual riot. A yellow parrot named Jethroe screeches, whistles and squawks "There's a girl" whenever Mamma glides past in skintight velvet pants. A hefty brother-in-law lounges around listening to a recording of rock 'n' roll music that he composes himself. Through it all, Johnny Cash, head of the household, relaxes in pointy Italian-leather loafers, and practices a fast draw with his Colt...
Hard-Working Parrots. But the flaws in the Russian system are huge. Dogma is injected into almost all subjects. Teachers may be scholars, but they are expected to follow rigid syllabuses, have far less freedom to interpret their subjects than U.S. instructors. Rote learning, abhorred by some U.S. educators, is carried to extremes. Class discussion, perhaps overemphasized in the U.S., is absent in Russia, and students are not encouraged to think beyond lines laid down by teachers. Cramming for exams swallows a large proportion of the students' time, and since questions are drawn by lot from lists circulated weeks...
Thoroughly versed in the maze of Cuban politics, Ruby does most of her reporting from her desk, gets many of her leads from her radio, which blares steadily in competition with a tape recorder, a television set, and a green parrot, all in the same room. Last week, as Fidel Castro's triumphant procession passed within view of her office, she emerged for her first look at the rebel chieftain. Castro had already paid his respects to her; last November he sent a runner 600 miles with a mountain orchid for the Timeswoman in Havana. Placid and permanent...