Word: spurred
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since all this parallels the problems of teaching U.S. slum children, the book's solution may be applicable far beyond the backlands of New Zealand. The author argues for what she calls "organic teaching"-a way to spur nonlearners to read and write by bringing their inner feelings into the tasks...
Last month John Perdew made a "spur-of-the-moment decision" and went to Albany, Ga., scene of some of the bitterest clashes between Negroes and whites, to join the forces of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. He went in large part because he "wanted something interesting to do this summer," and because a few friends--veterans of the battle--convinced him of the righteousness of SNCC's campaign...
...Tests. Students at the school do not have to fuss with the pin-pricking routines of tests and homework. There are no credits and no grades. Says Program Director Douglas Carter, 33: "This type of student will dig into things for himself." Some noted guest lecturers will spur the digging. Last week Laura Fermi, widow of Atomic Physicist Enrico Fermi, began lecturing on science for ten days. She will be followed by Novelist Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), Playwright Paul Green and Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges. A symphony orchestra, string ensemble, ballet and drama groups are already...
...other side, Thomas Hornbein. 32, a San Diego anesthesiologist, and William Unsoeld, 36, a Peace Corps official, were picking their way up a vastly more difficult route-the forbidding West Ridge, a narrow spur so dangerous that nobody else had dared even try. If all went well, the two teams would meet at the summit. But for those on the West Ridge, it seemed hopeless...
...Auto Boom. Nowhere has the consumer's urge to buy-and his use of credit-had more impact than in the auto industry. This year, neat styling, standstill prices and the growing number of overage cars now on the road have combined to spur a love affair between the consumer and Detroit and send the auto industry off on a boom of its own. Of the $48.2 billion of consumer installment credit outstanding, fully $19.7 billion represents automobile paper. The splurge has shattered Detroit's belief that it could not expect to sell anywhere near...