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...1920s, most American schoolchildren have been taught to memorize the "appearance" of words, one after another, like Chinese characters, without reference to the sounds of the individual letters that make up each word. By this "word method," largely developed at teachers colleges and schools of education, children must plow through endless illustrated stories, in which words are repeated over and over. Sample text...
There are some 4,000,000 Bhils scattered through the arid lands of west and central India, and they are poor, even for India. A wife, a cow and a plow are enough to make a Bhil a rich man. The Bhil's special god in the Hindu pantheon is Kaladev, "the Black God." While enlightened on the subject of caste ("There is only one caste which embraces all mankind"), the god Kaladev has long blessed the Bhil custom of concealing their women under heavy sacklike cloaks that cover their heads completely. Tantia decided to liberate them...
...success is pioneering research and a management that knows how to sell what it discovers. Board Chairman William McKnight, 67, and President Herbert P. Buetow, 56, both of whom worked up through 3M's ranks, are dedicated researchers who plow back 3? of every sales dollar into the search for new products. When an idea catches on, 3M helps customers think up new uses and puts its scientists to work on a whole family of related products. In 1934, 3M brought out a new electrical insulating tape with plastic backing that was such a hit the company soon expanded...
...wanted to develop new products and processes and then get help from bigger companies to put them into production. On the financial side he believed that investors were more interested in growth industries and capital gains than a quick cash return; instead of paying dividends, his company would plow back its earnings into new projects that would pay off investors in capital gains as they grew. Both ideas have been so successful that Nation al Research has blossomed from a $50,000 investment into a $4,500,000 research company, with 150 patent applications and profitable tie-in agreements with...
With all its success, Physicist Morse's National Research Corp. has still to pay its first cash dividend to its 1,133 stockholders. Though profits this year should jump past the $800,000 mark with revenues of nearly $5,000,000, the company will plow 50% of its income back into research, use the rest for other projects. Morse's stockholders are not likely to complain. Since 1940, National Research's original 1,000 shares have been split 150 times. The stock now sells at $23.50 a share, making an original $1 investment worth...