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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...those who are waiting anxiously for the Category of Flaws, they can keep on waiting. They were probably there, but they seem to fade into the background amidst the gaiety and fun. If you're looking for a really happy evening, this...

Author: By Paul A. Buttenwieser, | Title: The Mikado | 12/4/1959 | See Source »

...data may require modifications in the control system, but it will not result in the exclusion of underground tests from the agreement. The efficiency could be restored by several simple measures: seismographs located at the bottom of deep holes to minimize background noise, unmanned seismographs every 100 miles in certain areas rather than every 600 as formerly suggested, or the "inelegant method" of increasing the number of seismographs at each station from...

Author: By Michael Churchill, | Title: Another Step | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

MONSIGNOR PAOLO MARELLA, 64, Italian with a broad background in papal diplomacy. Since 1953 he has held Pope John's former post as papal nuncio in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Eight New Hats | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

...even success will only solve this problem for biology. The rest of Natural Science, which demands a background in mathematics and an extremely special set of talents, remains General Education's greatest headache...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Nat Sci Dilemma | 11/19/1959 | See Source »

...Industrial Organization, and Ec. 181--Industrial Relations, cover the major areas of the field and at least two of them are necessary to handle Generals well. A real core program where all concentrators would progress from one level of the next has many advantages; it provides a common background which the lecturer can assume, gives a common training, and insures that a student will not neglect a vital aspect of the field. But it also has disadvantages, the primary one being the difficulty of handling non-concentrators who have not had this core. Separate sections in a course might...

Author: By Michael Churchill, | Title: Economics: Undergraduate Program Undergoes Extensive Re-Evaluation | 11/14/1959 | See Source »

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