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Reston has come up with a series of valid criticisms and suggestions for the readjustment of the press to present-day realities and challenges, but I think it is necessary to sound a note of caution concerning such a fundamental change in the "fourth branch of government." Reston has failed to answer one of the obvious questions which emerges after reading his bold suggestions. Where does one draw the line between educational analysis in newspapers and mere propaganda...
Rosi is foremost a social critic, and I believe that modern bullfighting for him serves as one example of a malaise which he observes in present-day society. The thrust of his film is directed not against bullfighting per se, as evidenced by his highly sympathetic portrayal of an idealistic old matador, but against the kind of professionalism which Miguelin represents...
...public is "far ahead of present-day educators" in willingness to accept innovation in schools, says Pollster George Gallup in a new survey of parental opinion. If parents had their way, all classrooms would already be using teaching machines and programmed textbooks for "fact" learning, team teachers would be focusing on the great, neglected field of training kids in how to think and analyze, children would progress by ability groups rather than grades, advanced students would spend nearly half of their time studying alone. And school administrators would be hotly devising even newer methods of instruction...
...modern Frenchman and his overworked liver should be able to sneak in a snack. "The sole difference between America and France is in the attitude of mind toward this kind of restaurant," says Borel. "American restaurants are doing more than most French restaurants to meet the needs of present-day clients...
...Despite alleged grading flaws, the Naval Academy last year won six Fulbright scholarships. But, of course, regardless of scholarship, present-day educators are bound to take a dim view of any institution in which there has never been a campus riot or a dirty-speech rally. The academy's mission is to prepare Americans to defend their country at sea. If the professors will consult their history books, they will find that, judging from the Navy's battle record, the academy does a pretty good...