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Gardner, however, was doubtful about Choate's chances. He claimed that the Herald - Traveler - WHDH complex was generally unhealthy, and said, "diversification of the mass media insures vitality while concentration breeds stagnation." He said that his group would revamp Channel 5 to make better use of Boston's educational resources...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five Competing for WHDH License; Handlin, Gardner Group Apply | 4/29/1963 | See Source »

When he set out to revamp high school physics in 1956, M.I.T. Physicist Jerrold Zacharias sparked a chain reaction of reform that is beginning to push all U.S. education toward dramatically new ways of learning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Schools: A Burst of Reform | 2/1/1963 | See Source »

Your well-written, concise account of the Murchisons' sellout of their holdings in AIleghany Corp. (Dec. 21) gives as the reason that I would "block all their plans to revamp Alleghany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 4, 1963 | 1/4/1963 | See Source »

...revamp the '63s cost Chrysler $125 million, but it was worth every penny. Over the U.S. as a whole, Chrysler's share of domestic car sales has gone from a postwar low of 9.6% with its '625 to nearly 11.6% with the '63s. If this percentage gain is held all year, it could mean a $350 million increase in Chrysler's sales. Already it has virtually ensured that Chrysler's 1962 earnings will be at least $50 million. In response, Wall Street has bid Chrysler's stock up from its 1962 low of 38 to last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Man on the Cover LYNN TOWNSEND & CHRYSLER'S COMEBACK | 12/28/1962 | See Source »

...they recently found a voice in the student-run Harvard Crimson. In six scathing editorials, the Crimson blamed Pusey for everything from this year's last-minute 10% hike in room rents to silence on such vital issues as whether Harvard College should expand, how it should revamp general education, and why the university has not exploited federal aid like "the rising stars of American education, such as Berkeley and Michigan." In the Crimson lens, Pusey emerged as aloof, inarticulate, unable to "make relevant decisions." In its most chilling criticism, the Crimson added: "Those who have watched men desert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Is Pusey Too Busy? | 5/25/1962 | See Source »

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