Word: thinking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...means rich, polite Bachelor Richard Kao, 30, is a sort of industrial scholar. He has a Ph.D. in economics (University of Illinois) and another under way in mathematics at U.C.L.A. An alumnus of Santa Monica's famed nonprofit Rand Corp., he now works for a similar "think palace," the Planning Research Corp. in Los Angeles. To a man of Kao's training, Newsboy Abdel's quick mind was obvious. "His goal is good," mused Kao. "He wants to be an educated...
...this fall. Kao flew back to Cairo this summer, laid out Abdel's four-year curriculum. It was stiff: four years of English and French, two of German, four years of science (including theoretical physics), four years of math (including calculus). "I did not lead the boy to think that everything was now taken care of," says Kao in his careful tones. "His report cards are mailed to me. He has what I guess you would call a fellowship. It will be renewed each year, so long as he earns...
...Think Twice." Since brevity is not a virtue of the Times's letters-to-the-editor writers, the paper has ruled that 300 words is the maximum printable length-and many aged readers suspiciously count every word, call in to protest the slightest overage. In past years, the morning Times was apt to be careless about punctual deliveries, but oldsters tend to be early risers, and now the paper reaches every subscriber's doorstep before...
...particular tastes of its elderly and omnivorous readers is an obligation that President and Editor Nelson P. Poynter, whose family has owned this old-gold mine for years, is happy to discharge. Indeed, the oldsters have had a healthy effect on the paper itself. "They make you think twice before generalizing," said a Times staffer : "They really read the newspaper. They not only have the time, they have the informed interest. They're a challenge." Meeting that challenge has helped rank the St. Petersburg Times among the South's most solid newspapers...
...just a better team than we were. We just didn't move the ball as well as they did.... We came out of the game pretty well physically, which is as much as you can ask.... It's nice to have someone like Crouthamel on your side, though I think we do pretty well ourselves.... Penn will be rough, but we can be, too. We'll come back...