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...last spring. They went to 80 high school seniors on the basis of high scores on examinations taken last June to test their ability to handle upper-level work. These tests, called "Advanced Achievement Exams," were given to nearly a 1,000 students in 18 schools experimenting with advanced placement...
...weather. The fun turned out to be slightly repetitious. On his opening show Paar observed: "I went to Phila delphia once on a Sunday, but it was closed." The same joke turned up again on Friday. Paar's idea of early morning games included complaints about the placement of cameras and pretending to misunderstand the off-screen signals of his technical staff. After the first go-around The Morning Show's co-Producer David Heilweil commented: "At least, Ernie Kovacs rehearses his confusion; Paar just creates...
...Educational Policy Committee's new plan for a wide system of advanced standing and placement continues this tradition. The proposals fall only where they tend to make education a three-year process by providing for the admission of certain students as sophomores...
...periodic health inventory of employees is an absolute essential, to Dr. Page's way of thinking. It begins before placement in a job and should go far beyond the usual perfunctory pre-employment checkup. It should be followed at regular intervals by a comprehensive survey of the worker's sociological position, emotional factors, his reaction to stress and strain, the character of his home life
Having matured during the twenties and early thirties, many aspects of Eisenstein's art reached a peak in the 1938 Alexander Nevsky. Most startling is the off-center placement of the camera. Often, in his most powerful shots, including close ups, the principals are quite to one side of the center of the screen. This technique gives both feeling of informality to scenes that should not consciously seem posed, and allows background to set-off the striking composition. Most famous of the Eisenstein shots are the long distance views of hordes moving across broad plains. Keeping the camera...