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...attention again recently and has raised in my mind, at least, a very ominous question. The question is not what is wrong with the tutoring school system, but rather what is wrong with Harvard College? The tutoring school is not a cause of bad education; it is a symptom of bad education...
...given them all possible support. But, even more important, the issue should have been made a spring-board for a thorough airing of a system of university government which would tolerate the underpaying of a group of its most defenseless employees. The case should have been treated as a symptom of a condition, and the condition should have been carefully investigated...
...industry, which for months has been free of major strikes, this was a disturbing symptom of trouble to come. Even more disturbing was the news that John L. Lewis was asking bituminous coal operators to give his miners a $1,200-a-year pension at 60 (after 20 years of service). If the operators failed to accede to this demand by Jan 1, Lewis would have an opportunity to call a strike in March...
...responsibilities. They may become sentimental, burst into tears for no particular reason, long to be babied, have less sexual desire and capacity, contemplate suicide. They may dream disturbing dreams, wake up more tired than when they went to bed, complain of aches & pains all over the body (a characteristic symptom: pains in the back of the neck that radiate to the shoulders). Other common complaints: hot flushes, heavy sweating, pains over the heart, stomach upsets...
...general policy which pose troublesome questions. Would ending European aid to check internal inflation be worth the political, economic, and moral risks Could controls he restored without black markets, or taxes raised without lost elections; or are voluntary cuts the practical answer Because inflation is no longer a symptom of prosperity but a portent of danger, Americans, in forming their opinion, will have to forget the easy way, examine the alternatives...