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...desire on the one hand to provide through our schools unity in our national life. On the other we seek the diversity that comes from freedom of action and expression by small groups of citizens. We look with disfavor on any monolithic type of educational structure; we shrink from any idea of regimentation, of uniformity as to the details of the many phases of secondary education. Unity we can achieve if our public schools remain the primary vehicle for the education of our youth, and if as far as possible, all the youth of a community attend the same school...
...MacArthur last week suddenly appeared at the front of the stage. He was discussed more seriously as a presidential possibility than at any time since last summer. MacArthur responded by saying that he was not a candidate, but he also pointed to an earlier statement that he would not "shrink . . . from accepting any public duty to which I might be called by the American people...
...accomplishments are real, but not Sanforized; when scrutinized, they shrink...
...Celinsky's market basket was indeed the center of the long verbal war before the WSB's fact-finding panel. Was the basket, as Murray claimed, too scant for the growing output of her steelworker husband? Or would it, as Moreell and the industry argued, actually shrink-in spite of higher wages-because of higher prices that would result from them...
Glass fiber wool is used as insulating and soundproofing material, because it will not shrink, rot or absorb moisture; it goes into practically all refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, trucks and cars. Glass textiles are used for wiring insulation and as curtains and drapes. Three years ago a glass fishing rod was put on the market; now 10 million glass poles are in use. Boeschenstein knows how to advertise his products. In a "roving revue" the stars were an unbaked cherry pie, a quart of ice cream and a pot of hot coffee. The ice cream (wrapped in glass wool...