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What with the advent of the interplanetary age, we will have to revamp some of the old songs. Instead of My Merry Oldsmobile, we'll sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 25, 1957 | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

...neither Nehru nor Finance Minister Krishnamachari has been willing to scrap or revamp the second five-year plan. Last week Krishnamachari announced that he would make a visit to the U.S. next month. Nothing drastic would be done about the plan until he had tried his luck in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Good Difficulties | 8/5/1957 | See Source »

When his three-hour speech ended, U Nu sent his ministers off to revamp Burma's Four-Year Plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURMA: Economics Lesson | 6/24/1957 | See Source »

Actually, the University of Michigan is only one of several campuses that have taken the plunge. Last month Dartmouth announced that it would revamp its curriculum to make students rely more than ever before upon their own reading (TIME, March 25). A few days later, Amherst answered that it would try out an experimental reading course "designed to permit upperclassmen to read widely in a special field of interest, with no supervision." Last year Marquette started an "optional class privilege" (i.e., unlimited cuts) program for top students, and this year Williams began putting its better boys in special small seminars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Set the Student Free | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

Facing the monstrous confusion of Harvard architecture, however, Dean Sert will be hard put to achieve many constructive ends. He cannot find a more central location for classrooms than the Yard. But to revamp that center would require vacating many classrooms during the period of construction. Dean Sert is called upon to perform a minor miracle. The only encouraging aspect to his job is that it is the first time Harvard has even seen fit to employ a moderately scientific method of development. We hope it is not too late...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Signs of Designs | 2/28/1957 | See Source »

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