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While the impact of our major stories, such as the cover and Essay, are well known, even we were somewhat surprised at the scope of the reaction to that 100-line story in the Education section. "Nothing has ever happened to Miles," says President Lucius Pitts, "that was as beneficial as the article in TIME" Soon after the story appeared, Miles began receiving contributions from all over the world. Kenneth Montgomery, a Chicago attorney, was so moved by the school's plight that he sent Pitts a check for $15,000. Residents of Bombay, India, raised...
...been clear for weeks that China was heading for some sort of momentous crescendo, but no one knew exactly what to expect. Last week, as the impact of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution abruptly spilled out across the land, the nightmare of it all became chillingly clear. Mao Tse-tung aimed to blot out not only all traces of foreign influence, but to tear out China's own cultural and historical roots as well...
...healthy profit, to say nothing of simple self-support, is generally conceded to be far beyond the reach of today's intellectual journals. They measure their success on another level-by the quality, if not the quantity, of their audience, by the impact of their ideas on people who may never have heard of them. Judged by these criteria, the Anglo-American monthly Encounter is a success indeed...
...clear about where he stood: far to the Right, against the New Deal, Fair Deal, big government, and anything he thought Communistic - and he thought quite a few things were. His extreme positions - such as crusading for Joseph McCarthy - disillusioned many of his faithful fans and caused both his impact and his audience to wane...
...Nader. Detroit's spokesman on safety, Ford Vice President John S. Bugas, watched the voting from the House gallery, called the bill "another move" that automakers could support. Even Nader was not entirely dissatisfied. Though he estimated that it will be 1973 before the bill's real impact will be felt, he allowed that the bill "enables us to begin." The bill has no criminal penalties but stipulates civil penalties of $1,000 for every car sold that is not suitably equipped, up to a maximum of $400,000. Used cars, trucks and buses, exempted by the Senate...