Word: turning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Certainly it is not a new idea. John Dewey began the same revolution in our schools a half century ago, only to see the mediocre turn his revolution into a regression to the cult of ignorance. The whole attitude is apparently related to the philosophic emphasis on process rather than product. We are coming to believe that it is more important to understand creativity than creations, artists rather than...
...news was not all black. Kelvinator refrigerator sales rose 8.5% in 1956 v. an all-industry slide of 11%. The Rambler, on which Romney is betting heavily, has sold well through the first four months of fiscal 1957, when sales rose 40.8% to a record 23,183. To turn a profit, said Vice President Roy D. Chapin Jr., "a reasonable increase in sales is all we need. We believe we can see that increase coming if we hold fast to our objectives...
...Mayor Edward J. Sullivan's manipulations with the Cambridge School Committee did not affect the city's educational system, they might be humorously reminiscent of the type of enlightened city government which used to rule around the turn of the century. It is somewhat entertaining to observe the machinations by which legal procedure can be circumvented or strategically misused in order to make desired appointments...
Bill Brooks, coaching for the still ailing Hal Ulen, greatly reduced the scoring effectiveness of Dartmouth's outstanding freestylers, Ernie Drosdick and Bill Bahrenburg, by trumping them at every turn with Crimson captain Chouteau Dyer...
...varsity were in the 600, the hurdles, and the dash, where against strong fields, the Crimson took first and second. In the 600, Cairns held the lead from the first lap to win by four yards over teammate Wharton, who had passed Eli ace Bob Skerritt on the last turn. Cairns' time of 1:12.0 broke the old Harvard mark of 1:21.2 set by Al Wills...