Word: sizes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Participation is made easier by the small size of the classes, partially determined by Ryerson's "Palfry's Law." "As the size of the class decreases," says the law, "the need to decrease it is further increased." The closer each teacher gets to his students, the more he realizes how much more attention and time they need. In recognition of this principle the Palfry school will never have more than 60 students and the largest classes will remain under fifteen...
...terms of human lives, one of the most revolutionary inventions in this age of communication is the transistor radio. Those plangent little boxes, as large in sound as they are small in size, massaging the minds of ambling adolescents or committing public nuisances on train and bus and crowded beach, are hard to take seriously as a development in the tradition of the printing press. But in much the same way that printing opened up vast new possibilities to 15th century Europe, the transistor is letting in the world to hundreds of millions still isolated from the 20th century...
...heated argument," the Kennedy people prevailed over Connally, and a Dallas motorcade was scheduled. The route was released to the press three days ahead of time, though Connally had objected that this would give hecklers a chance to organize. When Kennedy arrived, Connally was pleasantly surprised by the size of the crowds and their friendliness. In his last conversation with the President during the Dallas motorcade, he assured Kennedy that he would probably carry Texas...
...answer, suggests Davis, is a natural population growth rate of zero (births equal to deaths), "for any growth rate, if continued, will eventually use up the earth." Such a drastic reduction in births might require absolute government regulation of the size of families-a concept that most nations have found impossible to accept. In a more Orwellian guise, writes Davis, such control might include pressure through limits on availability of housing, manipulation of inflation to force mothers to work, increased city congestion by the deliberate neglect of transit systems, and increased personal insecurity through rigged unemployment...
...Soon several other neighborhood centers and block associations were putting in orders. Now the cooperative buys over $1000 worth of food each week. According to a VISTA volunteer working in the cooperative, "Families save anywhere from five to fifteen dollars a week on their grocery bill, depending on the size of the family. For people on welfare such a saving means an awfullot...