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...cases supported LIFE'S story. One of the strongest denunciations came from Vice President Spiro Agnew. In Los Angeles for a press conference of high school journalists, Agnew declared, "I don't have a high respect for a magazine that has such a high gullibility quotient that they would publish the Clifford Irving story." LIFE, of course, never did publish the Irving story. Agnew added, "The best and most charitable thing LIFE could do would be to follow the course taken by Look magazine"-which folded last year. But when he was asked repeatedly whether the LIFE article...
...reason for the present situation of the poor and "disadvantaged" of America. What is that reason?, asked political leaders or distinguished sociologists who deduced scientifically, the cause for poverty. The answer comes back--the sociological reason why these unfortunate people live in misery is because they lack INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT. We have the test results right here. Such important information is analyzed by politicians, businessmen, and citizens and the legal corrective procedures are enforced...
...guidelines for exempting students have been liberalized since the waiver's inception in 1963. At that time, it was necessary for a student to achieve a "suffering quotient" by failing a few language courses and thus proving his inability to learn a foreign language. According to Dinklage, there is now much more of an emphasis on spotting those who are specifically disabled in regard to language learning before they waste several semesters in a course...
This defense of the little guy may not be original, but it never has been better said. Without playing on the cuteness quotient of his kids, or moralizing to parents and teachers about The Way It Spozed To Be, he makes readers of his book really know why the Johnnies of America don't respond to their teachers and learn to read. And fortunately, where it would have been easy to pain his audience with his own deep pessimism, he doesn't play the bogeyman. At the same time that he is writing. "Look, the situation is hopeless: my manual...
...camaraderie quotient built as fresh busloads of arrestees poured in. A ritual was played out for each new arrival. A reception line was formed, composed of representatives from each Mayday "region." The newcomers held their right fists high in the standard radical salute or entered with their hands clasped on their heads, P.O.W. style. They were greeted with the chants: "Ho-Ho-Ho Chi Minh, N.L.F. is going to win," or "One-two-three-four, we don't want your...