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...impressively documented report came along last week demanding a more understanding attitude for them-specifically for teachers starting out on their first jobs. Consider, says the Metropolitan School Study Council of New York City, the case of a hypothetical Peg Woodruff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Who Cares About Teacher? | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

...want you to tell Peg that Bob's all right. He's losing a lot of weight. She should be happy about that. Give my regards to all the neighbors there. Please, please don't worry. And if you don't get my letters, understand that things aren't quite up to snuff yet. Okay? Au revoir! You know that I love you very much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEN AT WAR: Don't Worry | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

...variety of croquet. Kneeling, crouching, lining up every stray blade of grass for possible deflections, he got his second perfect game of the day. The spectators were sitting on the edge of their campstools when Reckitt made a strong finishing bid, but only a few shots from the final peg, he missed a difficult carom and the deciding game went to Hicks, plus-five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Awfully Good Show | 7/31/1950 | See Source »

Their explanations were vague. Hickenlooper mumbled that Pike was a "square peg in a round hole," added later that Pike had always been opposed to the H-bomb. "I don't know what their gripe is," Pike declared. "Whatever the reason was, it wasn't stated either directly or by innuendo." Last year, because "we didn't have the dope in front of us as to what we would be getting for what we were spending," he had been doubtful about the H-bomb, he added. But "as the facts came in, my attitude did change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Pike & Pique | 7/10/1950 | See Source »

Centerfielder Sands is Yale's best out fielder. He has a strong, accurate peg, and can go long distances for fly balls. His hitting, however, is rather weak; he bats ninth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tossup Expected as Young Blues Vie With '53 Nine | 5/19/1950 | See Source »

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