Word: perring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...classrooms have been built, so that some 20,000 Micronesian children are receiving U.S.-sponsored education; another 5,500 are in missionary schools operated by U.S. Catholics and Protestants. Many of the schools are manned by the 600 Peace Corpsmen who work throughout the islands-a massive invasion in per capita terms that was ordered by President Johnson...
...relieve the magazine's annual deficit of $200,000 or so, Buckley contributes his own substantial earnings from his column, from Firing Line, and from his lectures (fee per appearance: $1,000). Nevertheless, every year he has to warn of the magazine's imminent extinction unless contributions are forthcoming. The latest appeal, last June, brought 2,000 contributions, enough to make up the loss...
Last week it did: an exchange of stock with a per-share value of $35 for each of 5,500,000 Sheraton shares outstanding. Making the $193 million bid was Harold S. Geneen (TIME cover, Sept. 8), chairman-president of the vast conglomerate International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. Sheraton and its 129 U.S. hotels and motels, together with 25 overseas, should fit nicely into ITT's "consumer services" group, which already includes Avis, Airport Parking Co. and 16 Holiday Inn franchises. For the time being, at least, Geneen will let Henderson and Boonisar run his 45th acquisition...
...overwhelming 88 per cent said all agencies should be permitted to recruit on campus, but that figure included 25 per cent who suggested Harvard privately discourage certain groups...
...which will be paid for all this has not been established. Pollack hinted, however, that it might be somewhere between $300 and $400 per year for a typical family. This would be slightly more than a family pays for the less comprehensive Blue Cross-Blue Shield, but less than a family with Blue Cross-Blue Shield ends up paying for all the services covered by the Harvard plan...