Word: phenomenons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...called "Refresher Math" at James Lick High School in San Jose, Calif, (pop. 150,000) is a dumping ground for the supposedly unteachable-and the untaught. The math ability of its students runs to about fifth-grade level; their IQs are the school's lowest. This year a phenomenon startling enough to be called a "miracle" by James Lick Principal William Baker is taking place: Refresher Math students are beginning to learn math. Catalyst of the change is a wiry, tireless 36-year-old Turk named Tanju Ergil, who does not own a teaching certificate...
Principal Baker calls the rigid certification requirements that block Ergil's advancement "ridiculous," meanwhile can only rehire his teaching phenomenon in a temporary post. Uncertified Teacher Ergil drives into San Francisco two nights a week to take education courses, will have to plow through instruction in such matters as "Mental Hygiene and Personality Development" before he gets his certificate, probably in January. Tired, and a little vexed, he said last week: "I feel in the teaching profession you do not have money, but you do have integrity of the mind. You do not have to compromise with knowledge...
More important, Cliburn is no isolated U.S. phenomenon, as suggested in a party-processed statement by Russian Composer Dmitry Shostakovich: "Musical circles in the United States have a right to be proud ... of their young countryman, especially since until now the musical successes of that country resulted not from the efforts of Americans but of famous performers of European countries." Van's victory dramatically underscored that there is more first-rate native instrumental talent in the U.S. than in the whole of Europe. Moreover, the talent is younger. In Cliburn's generation there are at least nine pianists...
...business. But each collision (and there are quite a few, involving military or non-passenger planes, that do not receive wide publicity) indicates that aviation is still not as safe as it might be. The situation will become even more dangerous with the advent of widespread jet traffic, a phenomenon for which American aviation is singularly unprepared...
...transfusions, Mrs. Lowman lost so much blood during the operation that she "died" on the table. After her heart had stopped for four minutes, artificial respiration and more transfusions were needed to bring it back to life. Already qualifying as a rare case, Mrs. Lowman then became a rare phenomenon twice over...