Word: developing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Founder of 3R is rumpled, rugged James W. Kirchanski, 41, who looks and sometimes roars like the combat paratrooper he was in World War II. "I eat, sleep and breathe the idea of trying to develop a literate public," says Kirchanski. He dislikes "snob" private schools as much as he does progressive public ones. "I'm not trying to form a precious little Groton or Eton. This is for kids, rich and poor, who want to learn. And what do we teach that's so damned unusual? Only the classics-reading, writing and arithmetic, the tools a human...
...father Rufus L. Patterson, inventor of the first automated tobacco machine. After World War II, Morehead Patterson decided that the company had to grow or die. Searching for new products, he turned up a crude prototype of an automatic bowling-pm setter. To get the necessary cash to develop the intricate gadget, Patterson swapped off AMF stock to acquire eight small companies with fast-selling products. The Pinspotter, perfected and put on the market in 1951, helped to turn bowling into the most popular U.S. competitive sport. Despite keen competition from the Brunswick Corp., AMF has remained the world...
...also be worried over the lack of representative functions outlined in the original Bailey plan. The special attribute of an elected council is its representative nature; if that quality is left unexploited, it is hard to see any point in a Student Council. Any group can conduct studies and develop reports. Only an elected organization can hope to do this from the standpoint of current student opinion. There is little doubt that undergraduates desire to make their will known: petitions circulate constantly through the Houses and letters jam the CRIMSON bulletin board. The trouble is that these campaigns have small...
...same time, the experience of the Harvard Houses shows that 275 is still a small enough number of people to retain a clear sense of community. Mrs. Bunting would like the 'Cliffe to develop House-oriented activities such as drama groups, seminars, music organizations, and athletic teams; most of these require the support of a larger population than any of the dormitories possess...
...golden days of amateur tennis, the road to a pro contract was paved with silverware from Wimbledon and Forest Hills. No longer. Stripped of nearly all its top-rank players, amateur tennis is in the doldrums, and Pro Promoter Jack Kramer has been forced to develop his own stars. Best of Kramer's new proteges is Spain's Andres Gimeno, an agile 23-year-old who never won a major amateur tournament...