Word: rest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Martin expressed the hope that all future Gen Ed sections would meet on the new schedule. Although such a change would be "desirable," he added, it would certainly have to be determined by a Faculty vote and any final decision would rest on the success of the experimental sections this year...
...Manhattan to see his grandchildren, Harry S. Truman took note of the Umbrella Man, Dracula, and the rest of New York's juvenile delinquents, thought he knew the real trouble. "Spare the rod and spoil the child is what we've been doing for two generations," said old-fashioned Harry. "The peachtree switch and mother's slipper are the best things in the world to make a kid behave." Had he felt either? Grinned Truman: "Both...
...eleven, except for those headed for the public schools such as Eton or Harrow. The exam (English composition, arithmetic, an IQ test) ruthlessly splits youngsters into three groups. The top 20% go to respected pre-university grammar schools; the mechanically minded 4% go to good technical schools. The rest are packed off to low-status secondary modern schools, many convinced that they are failures. The effect is to demoralize the whole system...
...Actor Gielgud and Actress Leighton also rise to the top of their bents. At sparring they are perfectly matched, at witty detail brilliantly mated. If added tribute goes to Actress Leighton, it is for a certain marvelously sustained manner: she is all hoity-toity airiness and verve. Though the rest of the production, barring George Rose's lively Dogberry, is much of a piece with the rest of the play, both are well worth putting up with for the sake of the stars...
...production in Europe -Jacobsson reported last week that "Europe's monetary troubles have been successfully overcome, from a whole series of emergencies, on to stability, to external convertibility." Now, says he, the Fund has an even bigger job ahead. It must spread monetary law and order to the rest of the world, particularly to underdeveloped countries, which are suffering from fiscal foolishness and gyrating currencies. To help him, the 68-country Fund last week agreed to increase national contributions, up the Fund's bank roll $9.1 billion to $15 billion...