Word: wideness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the proxy vote came, it was close: 3,067,000 in favor of abolishing private schools, 3,544,000 against. Then, by a wide margin, the conference approved the committee report, which urges raising the compulsory school age from 15 to 16, seeks to do away with the rigorous examinations that now decide the educational future of most British children at the age of eleven...
...snatches of the American songs that Composer Ives stitched into his symphony (including, in addition to the pea-green freshmen, America the Beautiful, Camptown Races, Turkey in the Straw). Then, turning to his orchestra, Bernstein whipped it through a fine performance, his hips swaying, his arms flinging wide in a characteristic expression of musical frenzy. A youthful work (1897-1901) by Connecticut's late, largely self-taught Modernist Ives (an insurance broker most of his active life), the symphony was, as Lennie remarked, "original, eccentric, naive and as full of charm as an old lace valentine." With...
...stabilization plan for sugar has worked reasonably well. But restrictions on metals present greater problems, largely because of wide variances in production costs. Canada is reluctant to enter a lead and zinc cartel because her mining economy is booming, would prefer a free market in which high-cost producers, such as in the U.S., would be eliminated. Says W. S. Kirkpatrick, executive vice president of Canada's Consolidated Mining & Smelting: "The only real cure is to reduce output by closing down the high-cost producing mines. The natural economic law of supply and demand should be allowed to work...
...University. "Athletics for all" is a favorite Harvard slogan. The intramural program goes far toward making this phrase real; but intercollegiate contests present another--and at least as valuable--kind of athletic experience. The University should do all in its power to make this experience available to as wide a range of people as possible...
...this, Amherst is reputed to have another strong team, with a wide open attack and a solid defense. The Lord Jeffs, who tied the Crimson 2 to 2 last year, came through with an impressive win this week when they whipped M.I.T...