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...what to do? Well, you select an appetizing package with a good profile all the way and a face like an old Gainsborough . . . You might develop a few slogans to put across your more exciting products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: There's Nothing Immoral ... | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

...cent system, while solving many problems that arise from excluding a small percentage of the class, creates several all its own. For instance, the less select clubs are getting tired of having the responsibility for accepting the less desirable candidates while the big prestige clubs refuse to admit any one who does not measure up to their standards. While officials deny that there is any hierarchy of club prestige, lists compiled by clubmen, when asked to name the most prominent clubs are amazingly similar. The result is that some men, each year, withdraw their candidacy for club membership when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen and Sophomores Lack Social Focus | 11/7/1953 | See Source »

...progress of members at the Institute since the administration loads professors with neither restrictions nor requirements. Sometimes the product, as in the case of Eliot's play or von Neumann's calculator, is proof of time well-spent. In general, the permanent members can only trust their judgment to select men who will take full advantage of Institute facilities. Sojourns from the town of Princeton are encouraged, however, and Professor Miller has accepted several speaking engagements for the year, including a recent address on Yale's Jonathan Edwards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Institute For Advanced Study Frees Scholar From Class, Tests, Students | 11/7/1953 | See Source »

Only a light turnout is expected today when voters go to the polls to select nine city councilmen and seven members of the School Committee...

Author: By Richard H. Ullman, | Title: C.C.A. Charges Trickery At Last Campaign Rally | 11/3/1953 | See Source »

...provided. After taking the test, check your replies against the correct answers printed on the last page of the test, entering the number of right answers as your score on the answer sheet. For most of the 105 test questions, five possible answers are given. You are to select the correct answer and put its number on the answer sheet next to the number of that question. Example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATIONAL AFFAIRS,INTERNATIONAL & FOREIGN,SQUALLS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN,OBIT,OTHER EVENTS,SJPEli it OUf: (THIS TEST COVERS THE PERIOD FROM LATE JUNE THROUGH MID-OCTOBER 1953) | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

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