Word: programed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...should a college student who gets a federal loan also have to file an affidavit that he is not subversive? Yes, according to the National Defense Education Act. No, according to 16 colleges and universities that now refuse to take part in the $30 million Federal Student Loan Program, and to many others who participate unhappily. When Harvard and Yale recently quit in protest (TIME, Nov. 30), they declared that the "disclaimer affidavit" is i) superfluous and 2) discriminating against students. Yale's President A. Whitney Griswold called the affidavit reminiscent of "the oppressive religious and political test oaths...
...program has been a significant success; 139 medical students, 373 nursing students, 80 graduate ministerial students and 112 pastors have been trained by the institute so far, and the new building, scheduled for completion next fall, is expected to increase enrollment. Part of the structure will be a large out-patient clinic to which ambulatory patients can come for counseling. Among the institute's case histories that underline the need for such counseling is the story of a middle-aged man, now making a good recovery from major surgery, who was sinking fast until a chaplain-intern persuaded...
...good result of the television scandals came to light: a growing demand for news and public affairs programs, dubbed "truth shows." NBC announced a weekly public affairs program in prime evening time on topics ranging from alcoholism to the summit. Plans were jelling for TV Critic John Crosby to appear on a new CBS show devoted to books, arts, entertainment. Edward R. Murrow's longtime associate, Fred W. Friendly, told New York Herald Tribune Columnist Marie Torre: "Even the elevator operators here at CBS look at us differently. It's as if we've been...
...speech) by incoming N.A.M. President Rudolf F. Bannow, president of Bridgeport (Conn.) Machines, Inc. to mean that "if you give the economy more push, it will produce more taxes automatically." Bannow went on to say that "taxes should be such as to encourage business," and plugged the N.A.M. program for reducing taxes to 47% maximum on individual and corporate income. Such tax reforms would put "enough incentive into the bloodstream of business to produce even greater Government revenue than we have...
...BOMBER CUTBACK jolted the aircraft industry, resulted in 2,000 layoffs at North American Aviation, less drastic reductions at subcontractors Boeing, Lockheed and Chance Vought. Already stuck for $500 million in development costs, the Air Force has trimmed its $3.5 billion program for 62 combat-ready planes, has given North American the go-ahead on only two prototypes, which will be ready...