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...Minister of Bantu [Negro] Administration, who called the Senator a "little snip," and vowed that South Africa would not be intimidated by the U.S. or Great Britain. The pro-government Afrikaans press was also antagonistic, but the English-language papers were enthusiastic. "Kennedy's visit," gushed the opposition Rand Daily Mail, "was the best thing that has happened to South Africa for years."* Kennedy even got on well with the leaders of the South African Foundation, a business-sponsored promotional organization. After a private meeting, foundation officials invited Kennedy to return next year. He said he would love...
...Literature); Allan S. Haley, of Nevada City, Calif, (Music); James H. Kettner, of Saginaw, Michigan (History); Kevin C. McMahon, of Scarsdale, N.Y. (History); Terrence F. Malick, of Bartlesville, Okla. (Philosophy); Alexander J. Nagel, of New York City (Mathematics); Barry F. O'Connell, of Moravia, N.Y. (History and Literature); Rand E. Rosenblatt, of Rome, Italy (Social Studies); Peter H. Weiner, of Los Angeles, Calif. (Social Studies), and Peter B. Windhorst, of Minneapolis, Minn. (History and Literature...
Neurosurgeon Robert W. Rand, but is desirable in cases where ordinary EEGs, made with electrodes placed on the scalp, fail to show clearly the side of the brain in which the misfiring is more pronounced. The deeply implanted electrodes, penetrating the temporal lobe to reach the hippocampus* or even part of the cerebellum, sometimes reveal focal areas of electrical misfiring that surface EEGs have missed entirely. If there is misfiring on only one side, it can usually be detected readily, and relieved by surgical removal of the proper piece of brain tissue. If there is misfiring on both sides, surgeons...
...Western companies went all out to sell them. The British, who had conceived Incomex '66, opened case after case of Scotch for their visitors, who thirsted not only for knowledge. From New York, London, Vienna and Stuttgart, IBM rushed in programmers to solve particular problems. Sperry Rand, displaying eight plaques representing earlier sales to Communist customers, advertised itself proudly as "The Pioneer of Automation in Socialist States...
Games as miniature models of conflict among men are as old as chess and as new as the "wars" fought by scholars in such think factories as the Rand Corp. Carried by a tide of curriculum reform, games are now moving into colleges and grade schools, mainly to help students get an inside feel of social and political conflict...