Word: publishes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...university's tendency to equate academic standards with the number of low grades given--"the domineering element in the student's relation to his education is--the grade." He expresses his skepticism of: admissions examinations, small classes, general education, restricted college enrollments, long presidential tenures, professor-administrators, and the "publish or perish" theory. On the credit side, he thinks that the high schools are better than they were thirty years ago. He debunks the professors who deplore the lack of pre-college preparation, and correctly declares that all the non-scientist college entrant needs is the ability to read...
What did the new laws mean? Seeking to find out, newsmen had their worst fears confirmed: no photographs of court witnesses could be published; cops, magistrates, lawyers, judges and witnesses were barred from giving any information to newsmen about cases under judgment. France's freewheeling press reacted explosively. Cried Liberation: "It has been a long time since anyone in France could talk about what is happening in Algeria. Now we will not be permitted to publish what is happening in France...
Presumably some of the authors with whom the new partners worked before will follow to the new firm. One obstacle to an early mass switch: a clause in standard publishing contracts requiring authors to give their publishers first refusal on their next book. Says Bessie of this clause: "I am not in favor of any devices to tie a writer to his publisher." As an inducement to new authors ("We hope to publish the best we can"), the partners are considering more lucrative terms for writers. One of the trio's projects: a line of high-quality paperbacks...
...care to publish the following data, here are the figures for withdrawals (drop-outs) for all reasons, expressed in terms of percentages of enrollment, for the last five academic years. It is hard to discern any trend in these figures. Withdrawals Whole College New Freshmen...
Contrary to another report in the Times, Merrill denied that the State Department is referring students to the Independent Service for Information on the Vienna Youth Festival. The Service, which is located in Harvard Square, will soon publish descriptive pamphlets on the festival...