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...errors by Tulsa in the seventh and a pinch single by Kevin Hampe set the stage for three more tallies when Ignacio and DeMichele singled...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: Crimson Nine Falls in World Series, 8-9 | 6/14/1971 | See Source »

...background in publishing is exceedingly modest, SerVaas believes that "all businesses are alike. Only the product or service varies," he says. "Most businesses do not fail; managers do. Business failures are management failures." His consistent formula for success is to fire the old management, slash the staff and pinch pennies. Once he became president of Curtis in May 1970, SerVaas went to work on Holiday. He shrank it to newsmagazine size, cut its frequency from twelve to nine issues a year, booted out Editor Caskie Stinnett, slashed the staff by two-thirds and started promoting tours. Beurt's wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Return of the Post | 6/14/1971 | See Source »

...scheme. The drawbacks are vast. With total freedom to choose their education, people might prefer the bliss of ignorance or fall prey to "charlatans, demagogues, clowns, miracle workers and messiahs." Abolishing required school attendance, as Mississippi did after the Supreme Court's desegregation order, might encourage pinch-penny governments to reduce their spending on education. The poor would thus be abandoned completely to the school of hard knocks. More subtly, making teachers depend on student demand might do grave harm to universities that now support "impractical" scholarship and to the intellectual freedom to criticize society. Illich cheerfully agrees that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Should Schools Be Abolished? | 6/7/1971 | See Source »

...holds the record for the most pinch-hit home runs...

Author: By M. TOTAL Recall dake, | Title: A Baseball Quiz for Reading Period Blues | 5/25/1971 | See Source »

...potential winning run was Cornell's big hitter. Pete Watzka, who had the Big Red's only two hits of the day. Watzka hit a deep drive to center, but Ignacio made a running catch of the fly. Pinch-hitter Joe Meo provided the crowning glory to Kelly's performance when he struck out for the final...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Crimson Edges Cornell, 1-0, for NCAA Bid | 5/20/1971 | See Source »

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