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...program may be the example it sets for further action by northern universities, rather than its immediate benefits for southern Negroes. The principle of joint action exemplified by this experiment provides in many cases the most effective means for upgrading southern Negro education. By combining resources northern institutions will broaden the impact of their projects...
...growing feeling in Saigon that they are not only being mauled militarily but doing badly in the political war as well. Until last year, when the U.S. began its massive intervention, they had skillfully nurtured peasant sympathy. The new military pressures forced the Viet Cong to raise taxes, broaden the conscription of rural youths, and make other stiff demands on their peasant converts. The buildup of U.S. forces and the pacification of rural areas, Tien Phong noted, has, "practically speaking, created great difficulty for the political struggle and caused a number of comrades who are not thoroughly imbued with...
...IVORY COAST Under the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Volunteers will work in Ivory Coast female adult education programs known as "Foyer Feminines" to teach Ivoirien women literacy, basic health and home arts and to broaden their horizons. They will work in both urban and rural areas...
Renaissance Trickery. The buildings get larger as they spread outward from the great court. "We've thought of the design as being created by a drop of water," says the architect. "The ripples are more intense in the center and broaden as the waves move out." From lawn chairs to the 500-ft. truss that is the lintel of the laboratory building, the campus explodes in scale. Even the bricks on the walls and scattered decorative stone bases double in size to harmonize with larger facades. "It's an old Renaissance trick," explains Netsch...
...Most big Manhattan commercial banks lifted their rates from 4¼% to 4½% on certificates of deposit-the most popular form of time deposit. They also began offering a wider variety of minimum denominations (generally $1,000 to $2,500) and time limits (six to twelve months) to broaden the appeal of C.D.s from corporations to individuals...