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...thing, the Administration finally made up its mind to concentrate on an array of offensive missiles and bombers, and to chuck expensive defensive systems (TIME, April 18). And last week the prestigious House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, in a thoughtful audit, generally endorsed the Administration's "mixed-force concept" of missiles and bombers (and put to rest concern about a missile gap). Then it raised a question far more fundamental to U.S. defense than hardware: Must the U.S. always plan to take the first blow in future wars...
...three common areas (economics, history, government) on a "trimester" basis. Each week they must write one paper, be prepared to defend it without warning before other students. Once a week they must also be prepared (from faculty-supplied reading lists, not textbooks) to discuss some general concept, such as the Industrial Revolution. Meanwhile, they pursue their own dreams, from Russian literature to Oriental religion. As one boy puts it cheerfully: "We're trapped. We were just given a three-week vacation, which most of us spent studying, because unfortunately we got interested in something...
...proof? "My five-year-olds learn to write, count, add, subtract, divide; they learn basic geometric forms and elementary algebra; they use rulers and compasses; they learn to spell and to read 50 to 75 words. They understand the concept of zero, that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points, that all radii of the same circle are equal, that 3/6 and 4/8 are also 1/2, that 4/3 is 1⅓|, and that if 3 is divided by 2 it becomes 1½." Moreover, next year's class will begin conversational French ("Fives love to imitate...
Reynolds' Gray is proudest of a much-abused, often misused concept known as teamwork. He freely delegates authority ("Confidence is important"), but makes certain that everyone knows precisely what is expected of him. He runs the company through seven top committees, headed by directors responsible for every function from buying tobacco leaf to setting up drugstore displays. Unhappy about the way one department was running, Gray last year walked up to its head, said softly that something had to be done, concluded: "I'll see you in six months." Exactly six months later, Gray checked up. The matter had been...
Thus, in 1853, English Critic John Ruskin lectured an Edinburgh audience. The popular concept that the roof is the very essence of architecture became so deeply ingrained that Louis Sullivan, Chicago's famed skyscraper builder, felt it necessary to crown his tall buildings with huge, floriated lids. Frank Lloyd Wright made the roof the dominating motif of his houses. But as modern architects worked away at the box-on-stilts ideal, the roof all but disappeared from view...