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...also taught other things, some of them not so obvious in the modern pedagogical scheme. In caring for his children, he soon made himself almost as poor as they, living "like a beggar in order to learn how to make beggars live like men." He could not pass a poorer man without giving something away, even if all he had to give was a buckle from his shoes. A Christian who had been influenced by the teachings of the Swiss reformer, Huldreich Zwingli, Pestalozzi had learned that lesson from the New Testament...
...home quintet, which has won only a single game all season, will be poorer tonight than in the previous meeting. Captain Bob Hustek had a rather wild Carnival weekend, and is no longer with the squad. In his place Indian coach Doggy Julian will be able to start six-foot-five sophomore Fred Gieg, who had been on probation...
...teachers, who declined to be identified, believed that there was an ethical question involved. They considered it was "absurd for people with such big salaries to take pensions that are susually meant for poorer people." Those men also forsaw a chinta reaction, "if we adopt this plan, so will others who are even higher paid...
...transformed the Brazilian press, introducing modern makeup, circus-type headlines, bylined news stories on the U.S. model. He created his own news in campaigns for amateur flying, a lavish art museum for Sao Paulo, a hundred child centers to provide free milk and medical care for youngsters in poorer districts all over Brazil. And he showed his competitors that undreamed-of revenues could be earned by convincing Brazilian businessmen that it paid to advertise. Always, he plowed the fat profits right back into his enterprises, which by last week had grown to an estimated $50 million value...
There isn't much suspense either, since villain saloon-keeper Lambert (Paul Kelly) is clearly far stupider than Banning as well as being a poorer shot...