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The Bronx brick pile is the embodiment of a theory, much argued by educators, that, like the slow-witted and the physically handicapped, bright students should be cut from the herd and schooled separately. It is one of four public high schools in New York City* permitted to accept or...
Sharps & Suckers. One key to a successful game, Yardley learned early, is to be observant, to study the others at the table until you know all their idiosyncrasies. "When players check, call or bet," says Yardley, "a man with a sensitive ear can detect a slight inflection of voice and...
Khrushchev had been forced to go through the pretense of deference while Bulganin sat down to talk with Eisenhower and the other heads of government. Now Khrushchev could dispense with stooges and talk man to man-and nimble-witted Nikita Khrushchev would like nothing better than such a talk with...
One hundred million years ago the monstrous dinosaur was the king of beasts. Then the dinosaurs suddenly died off, leaving dominance of the earth to smaller, warm-blooded mammals. One theory is that the great die-off was caused by a sudden change of climate. Another is that the slow...
Died. Robert Carl Zuppke, 78, alltime great football coach (University of Illinois, 1913-41); of cancer; in Champaign, Ill. Sharp-witted "Zup," German immigrant, played football (but won no letter) at the University of Wisconsin, at Illinois created teams that for 15 years were challengers for the Big Ten championship...