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There it was, the millennium between thumb and forefinger, all set to pop into the world's wide mouth. But history has always had a deft way of palming the millennium till later in the show; and in Frank Norris' tricky piece of pseudohistorical vaudeville, Nutro 29, now you see it now you don't, almost before the author can say nutrono-methylsilicaphe-noxycreosalic acid...
None of this growth and prospering meant that the millennium had arrived; the Northwest had vexing problems. Its economy was still based primarily on mining, fishing, agriculture and lumbering, and though all were doing well, they did not fully support the expanding population...
...seemed at first to be a step which would greatly accelerate the process of Westernization . . . [But] the Soviet leaders have 'abandoned the idea of the Renaissance and are now in the process of developing a pattern of culture as burdened with dogma as . . . anything known in the past millennium...
...which draws nearly $7,000,000 revenue from the Godfrey shows, has no reservations about him as a salesman. CBS Vice President Howard Meighan looks forward to the "millennium" when all CBS announcers will have been made over in Godfrey's image. Board Chairman Paley is impressed by the results of a Videodex survey that gave Talent Scouts top rating in two portentous categories: "most interesting" commercials (85%) and "most believable" (94%). No one else was even close. "He's so sincere he even sells off the air," says Paley. "One day in a conference he started selling...
Meanwhile, the psychologists were adding their own ideas. Columbia's Edward L. Thorndike developed ways of measuring intelligence and aptitude. To his disciples the millennium seemed at hand. At last, they announced triumphantly, there was no longer any need to follow oldtime curriculums blindly. Since memory, ability, interests, and even personality could be measured, educators could refashion their programs scientifically...