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...concerned with truancy, running away from home, ungovernableness and sex offenses." Lately, more and more offenses have involved stealing and "injury to person." Youth Board studies "indicate the need for expanded service for girls, particularly those affiliated and associated with gangs. We feel that the tremendous capacity they possess for positive influence can be redirected into constructive channels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Youth: The Trouble with Girls | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

...unprecedented increase in the er of nominees," Sir Hugh Taylor, dent of the Foundation said, "has ed us, after the keenest of competi- to recruit young people who possess , who might never have thought of sional careers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seniors Earn Lost Wilson Scholarships | 3/13/1961 | See Source »

...Bresson, his priest, and his parishioners are trapped in an embarrassing slough of original sin. And there seems little hope for any of them. The countess dies with a renewed faith, but the priest confesses that "I have imparted a peace I do not myself possess." The central figure of the priest is disturbingly ambiguous: lonely and unable to communicate, he becomes increasingly certain of his own ineptness. But one feels that successful communication with these parishioners would only insure eventual damnation; the failure of his mission cannot, ultimately, be called a tragic one. The curate's confusion leads...

Author: By Anthony Hiss, | Title: Diary of a Country Priest | 3/7/1961 | See Source »

Partially because 'Cliffies attend classes with men, she commented, they receive only the masculine viewpoint. She criticized Radcliffe for "leaving no room for the irrational creative power which women possess. This is sweet and should not be lost...

Author: By Mary ELLEN Gale, | Title: Exchange Students Claim Radcliffe Offers Girls 'Masculine' Education | 2/23/1961 | See Source »

...first power to possess the neutron bomb will gain great military superiority and flexibility. By their own admission, the Soviets have been experimenting toward such a bomb since 1952, though there is no evidence that they have tested it. But tests are easy to conceal in the absence of great blast or fallout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Atom: Blasting the Ban | 2/10/1961 | See Source »

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