Word: savely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plan places an extra burden on the teachers. They must make absolutely sure that the laggard student has no emotional or mental block, that every effort is made to save him, and that he has the right of appeal. But for all that, the plan works. Of those expelled, more than half have returned, and most are doing well. Joyce, for instance, has so far this year earned one H (the highest mark given), two As, three Bs. Moreover, says Superintendent Warren, "achievement scores on twelfth grade examinations have gone up. It has become respectable in Calgary...
...from Allied planes and destroyers, his crippled submarine strikes a mine and sinks as it steams for port. Teichmann and 19 others put on escape lungs, reach the surface and float helplessly. A flight of gulls lowers, swoops hungrily at the eyes of a comrade Teichmann is trying to save. Exhausted, finally broken by the war, Teichmann slips into madness. Hours later, rescue boats save 9 of the 20 men. Novelist Ott does not say whether Teichmann is one of them. It does not matter...
...present, the senior who journeys to the Library of Congress for a week of thesis study must pay about $15 for food he cannot possibly consume. As it stands, the present system does save a negligible amount of bookkeeping and, perhaps in administration eyes, acts as a deterrent to keep students in Cambridge...
...universities and colleges that are always crying for more money cut out 85% of the education courses and 98% of the journalism courses, they would save an enormous amount of money and at the same time advance knowledge. Of course, howls going up would make the mountaintops rock. The superfluous always howl when their milk is cut off. For the academic year of 1957-58, the education department of the University of Texas lists 351 courses. They are all to make teachers more banal-minded. God pity your pupils; don't blame them for not being educated. What...
...joined U.S. Industries, Inc. in organizing the Foundation on Employee Health, Medical Care and Welfare Inc. because, says Machinists' President A. J. Hayes, "infinitely more money is being wasted in welfare and pension programs than is being stolen." The foundation has already shown that a welfare fund can save thousands of dollars simply by smarter management, e.g., competitive bidding on health-insurance contracts. Corporations have also been at fault. Vice President Frank B. Cliffe, of H. J. Heinz Co. and pension expert for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, lays heavy blame for abuses in jointly run welfare plans...