Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...preceeded the class. He then spends about two hours or more reciting technical facts, or showing diagrams, much of which is entirely new to the men. There then follows two hours of practical work, with the men "doing" something--probing for mines, or wrapping splints, depending on the subject...
...whole, the Army has handled whatever schooling given the RFA's with a high degree of competence. They receive the same training as their classmates, and their classmates, and their instructors generally have a solid knowledge of their subject matter. Most RFA's to whom I spoke said the time spent in schools was the most valuable part of their six months training. Schools which require long periods of atendance are generally not available. Of course, a shortened basic training might allow more men into these highly specialized--and hard to fill--fields...
TIME stories, which bring all things and come in all sizes, should have a style to match their subject. Sometimes the news and the circumstances mold a story into the form of a novelette, especially when there is an edge of mystery and a gathering of men of wealth, women of beauty, and rapacious figures from the underground to duel over one of the world's great fortunes. The locale should be evocative: cafes on the Champs-Elysees, sun-drenched days at Cap d'Antibes, intrigue and attempted murder on the war-ravaged reaches of the North African...
Indeed, the whole direction of the Congress can be changed by the committee assignments. The House has long behaved much more responsibly than the Senate on reciprocal trade -mostly because Mister Sam has a flat rule against electing anyone to Ways & Means who is not "safe" on the subject. This year, as the result of a deliberate Rayburn-Mills effort, the Education & Labor Committee, for many years controlled by a mossback conservative coalition, has a moderate-liberal majority, may soon become more than a society for discussing the iniquities of Walter Reuther...
...editor appended the observation: "The vocabulary is demanding, but an interesting subject makes it worthwhile...