Word: regional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...concept of a Regional Studies concentration is an intellectually justifiable one, even for the undergraduate. A comprehensive study of one culture is certainly as demanding as any traditional academic discipline. Regional Studies is closely akin to cultural geography, a subject that is becoming increasingly appreciated in America. At present, the closest an undergraduate can come to a Regional Studies concentration is that of History and Literature. This program has at least two disadvantages for the person primarily interested in one region: first, the Department stresses history and literature in contrast to the more eclectic approach of Regional Studies, and second...
...present graduate Regional Studies Program has three fields: Russia, the Far East, and the Middle East. Study of the selected culture is pursued through courses in Regional Studies, History, Government, Economics, Social Relations, Anthropology, Linguistics and through courses in the language and literature of the region. Those studying Russia have the added advantage of having the facilities of the Russian Research Center to supplement their academic work...
...naturally, the season for strange visions-and Sputniks 1 and 11 made them more natural. From virtually every region in the U.S. last week poured frantic reports of U.F.O.s-unidentified flying objects. This time, as the U.S. Air Defense Command tabulated reports (no fewer than 128), the sightings from preachers, military personnel, engineers and just plain folks were not restricted simply to flying saucers. The pronouncements seemed to shape into a sort of celestial dinner pail: the objects resembled eggs, meat platters, pears-and, for dessert, ice cream cones and cigars. ¶In the Levelland area of Texas, at least seven...
Inflation has dealt a harder blow to South America than to any other region in the world. Of the 86 nations in the U.N.'s global cost-of-living index, Bolivia is in first place. Chile is second, Brazil and Argentina rank high. "A fire burning down our house," Bolivia's President Hernan Siles Zuazo calls inflation. "We will be lucky...
With their production of concentrate limited, even the big integrated producers were planning to cut back the costly ore search. Anaconda Copper Mining Co., which operates the richest U.S. mine near New Mexico's Ambrosia Lake region (TIME, Sept. 30), set a course that probably will be followed by other industry leaders. Said President Clyde Weed: "We will keep on exploring, but at a slower rate. We will spend less money on development. If we find good deposits, we will sit on them until the demand picks...