Word: teachings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Zeno's debts. They also doubted the wisdom of having a community built so completely around one man's personality. Fortnight ago, the Holy Office told Don Zeno that the time had come for him to leave Nomadelphia. A group of Salesian fathers would be assigned to teach the children, a commission appointed to unscramble the debts...
...That'll teach you to drive a hydramatic in the winter," he shouted after the retreating Pontiac. He chuckled over his own conventional gear model...
...This brought up a fundamental issue, one on which I feel many leading educators have taken the wrong position. The question is: should the educational system of a democracy be an instrument of national policy? I say--no. Teachers should not indoctrinate; they should teach. This is exactly the thing underlying the House Un-American Activities Committee report which wants educational institutions to indoctrinate students with Americanism as they define Americanism...
...Poeta nascitur, non fit,"* say the poets who consider themselves naturals. But can one poet teach another how to write? In the current issue of Poetry, two successful teachers say: yes-sometimes...
Throughout Latin America, Sears' policy is to hire and train local workers; in Mexico only 14 of its 2,000 employees are North Americans. "All we want is loyalty, honesty and hard work," says Sears' Venezuelan boss. "We'll teach them the rest." One thing that Sears has already taught its competitors in Latin America is the basic tenet of all U.S. retailers-big volume, not high markups, is the key to profits. And Sears stores have already caused general price reductions in their localities...