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...proposal for a three and a half-year seminar program, to begin in the freshman year, was made last month by Jerome S. Bruner, professor of Psychology. Bruner recently called for active debate on his proposal, in order to "stir the pot." He also declared himself interested in any other proposals which might alleviate "the lack of intellectual excitement" in the present system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seminar Supported | 5/6/1959 | See Source »

...that his new tenants pay Belgian rents rather than the lower Dutch rents. Later, he decided that since there was still so much confusion as to the nationality of the land, he would declare it "Sooi" soil until the bosses in Brussels and The Hague straightened things out. To stir the authorities, he put up posters saying, "Are Belgians Afraid of the Dutch?" When that did not bring results, he cut down three "Sooi" trees and barricaded the road with their trunks. When Dutch police arrived on bicycles to clear the road, they had to fight off Sooi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LOW COUNTRIES: Land Without a Country | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...piloted solely by heretic helmsmen?' 3) A Catholic educator will demand a look-see at the 566 'Who am I?' questions used in screening the fledgling spacemen. Were those questions slanted to put a Catholic ... in a poor light? 4) Inevitably some aspiring politico will stir our bile to a boil by observing that a space team without a Catholic is like an All-American team without a Notre Dame player: serves us right if the Commies beat us to the moon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: No Catholics in Space? | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...enable the Repertory to gain enough patronage to make it possible to open next fall. The remaining two productions, announced in its schedule are both American premieres of comedies by well-known European dramatists. If R.B.I. stays in business both will open on schedule; with luck, they will stir up enough interest to set the company on its feet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rescue Operation | 4/23/1959 | See Source »

Despite SEC warnings of "manipulation," the stock market today is not manipulated as it was in the '20s. Then, a pool of speculators would buy enough stock to send it scooting up, stir up public interest so that they could unload at the top. Today, pools are not only illegal; stock ownership is so much broader that a pool could hardly operate. Now, stocks are often moved up by the tools of publicity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPECULATION: Wall Street Can Help Curb Its Excesses | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

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