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...annual Current Affairs Test. Projected for 1966-67 are introductions to the Supreme Court, religions of the world, Red China, international alliances, Canada, and space. There will also be two news brush-up quizzes. We hope that these teaching aids, like TIME itself, help the student develop a sharper perception of his world...
...confessions were "essential" in 20.9% of Detroit's murder cases; in 1965, with warnings, Piersante's men actually got more confessions, and yet they were considered "essential" in only 9.3% of murder cases -all because of sharper sleuthing before arrest...
...Sharper Sleuthing. Chicago's is not the only U.S. police department suffering an "Escobedo syndrome"-and most of the others blame Chicago for their troubles. "Anybody would have known that guy had a right to see his attorney," snorts a Seattle police lieutenant. "If they hadn't messed up, we wouldn't be stuck today." To get unstuck, more and more police are handing out impeccable warnings. "We warn, warn, warn," says Denver D.A. Bert M. Keating. "It may hurt to stop the guy in midsentence," adds Miami Beach Police Chief Rocky Pomerance, "but what...
Teacher Turns Tutor. The obvious advantage to the financially pressed college is that a relatively small number of teachers can handle many students. Some of the teachers concede that their taped lectures cover more ground and are sharper than their live talks. An art teacher sat down to tape his regular 50-minute class lecture, discovered that, without interruptions and digressions, he was talked out in 20 minutes. Assistant English Professor Elizabeth Ross agrees that she is "much more conscientious" about a taped lecture, finds that the time she gains lets her be "more a tutor than a lecturer...