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When Hedley Donovan retired as editor-in-chief of Time Inc. publications at the end of May, he opened up what he called his "portfolio of interests"-a file fat enough to occupy any energetic man full time. He planned to teach a course at Harvard on the press and politics, write a book about his 40-year career as a journalist, consult two or three days a week on various Time Inc. projects, serve on the boards of the Washington Star, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., and the Ford Foundation, among others...
Though many windsurfer dealers offer to teach the sport in six hours (generally two three-hour sessions at $40 each), a beginner may find the initial experience a wet one. "The first few times out," says Boston's Rollin C. White, "it's more accurate to call it wind-swimming." Adds Robby Naish of Hawaii, who last year won a world championship: "The reason I became such a good windsurfer is that I liked falling in the water." A certain amount of upper-body strength is needed to hold the sail aloft, but more experienced wind-surfers...
...fallen far behind in learning tests. "But," says Austin, "when we fed the children this drink every school-day morning for four months, their learning curves came right up." The kids stopped sleeping in class. Their attentiveness increased, and truancy declined. Teachers said that at last they could teach-instead of referee fights...
...woman campaign for the past five years to revive Collins' art. She thinks it is important to preserve this distictly American art which, she says, blends Irish clog dance with African folk dance, because most of the original artists are in their sixties and will not be able to teach their craft indefinitely...
Said Dartmouth Senior John Rich, 20: "When people found out the police were coming up, they made jokes like 'How can you teach them Spanish when they need to learn English first?' Their visit helped us see them as people." Added Dartmouth Junior Anthony Lotson: "They're very eager to learn...