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...which-so far cover grades seven through ten, classes are small (a 1-to-12 teacher-pupil ratio), and the three Rs are fitted to the individual. Most important, the teachers (all volunteers) come mainly from the overcrowded "600" schools that have handled milder malcontents for a decade. There they learned when to shrug off misbehavior, when to stand firm...
...while exports have dropped. If the U.S. recession ends this year, European businessmen feel that they will not be affected, just as they were not affected by the 1953-54 drop. Items: ¶Britain's exports are booming (cars were a record 14,000 in January), and the ratio of import to export prices is the best since the Korean war. While the prices of the raw materials Britain needs have tumbled, the prices of finished goods have not. The pound has become so strong that the government last week lifted restrictions on pound notes: any amount...
Professional assistants aid doctors today, and this tends to balance the small physician-population ratio, since the doctors can do more work. Quicker medical methods and better medicines make doctors' work more efficient...
Human Soil Bank. The appeal of Peanuts lies in its sophisticated melding of wry wisdom and sly oneupmanship. Unlike such funny-page small fry as Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace or Jimmy Ratio's Little Iodine, its characters are disingenuous and uncute. Charlie, whose peanut-bald head is surmounted by a single dispirited curl, is a junior-grade Walter Mitty, whose highflying dreams of popularity crash in endless ignominies. Charlie's characteristic lament: "Good grief!" The chief scorpion in his child's garden of reverses is a promising young termagant named Lucy, who, with apprentice...
...never accustom themselves to institutional living, and many never accommodate themselves to a House they never chose. The loss of these few individuals will not seriously weaken the system, and the University already recognizes their demands. The results of the recent poll do not seem to indicate that the ratio of malcontents has increased, but show that certain facets of the system need improvement. Once these measures are taken, there will be little demand to move...