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...suffice. The introduction of universal, compulsory education in the 19th century gradually transformed American society. This was the great change. Present efforts to add a few years of schooling at one end or another, to extend the curriculum and improve facilities, while useful and important, cannot possibly have the impact of that first innovation. To the extent that the new programs are directed to persons who have trouble coping with the education system as it is, they will be even more costly and marginal in their effects. It is one thing to be concerned about a high school drop...
...spite of this situation social policy makers were required to operate in the dark, so that however much or little impact their programs might have neither they nor anyone else would have anything more than an intuitive, craftsmen's judgment of what worked and what did not, there would be nothing much else...
...cameos, Ken Tigar shines as Tigger, Leland Moss pleases the kiddies as Rabbit, and Mark Ritts takes off as Owl. But the genius lies in Charles Ascheim's sensitive, sunglassed portrayal of Eeyore. Here is a characterization of such depth, such impact, such raw power, that it defies description...
...both sides of any telephone conversation to a special receiver as far as 400 ft. away. Continental also offers a 4-in. dart transmitter that can be fired from a carbon-dioxide-powered dart gun into an area otherwise inaccessible to the bugger. Built to withstand the shock of impact, it will embed itself in a wall or tree, pick up nearby sound and radio it back over a range...
...addition of Senior Tutors to the Board has had perhaps a greater impact on Harvard's handling of student disciplinary problems than any other recent reform. Senior Tutors, the members of the Board in closest contact with the students, have the difficult task of acting as both defender and judge simultaneously. In the old days, Wilcox explains, the baby deans just presented the facts to a "group of neutrals." "Since we didn't have a vote on the Board, we didn't carry any of the responsibility for the decision. The law was very clear, and if you believed...