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A significant cause for a general rise in applications from all over the country during the past three years was the abolition of the choice system on the College Board examinations.

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: Dean Bender Rebuts Scholarship Criticism | 1/30/1953 | See Source »

After all, a logical extension of the argument "we want well rounded football players" would end in "we must have well rounded athletes." Football is now where it should be a one season sport. Since it is, aduntiedly, a pressure sport, highly commercialized, any measure, even as small as the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Rite of Spring | 1/30/1953 | See Source »

They came with dramatic suddenness. A radio voice asked listeners to stand by for an important announcement. A few minutes later, Egypt resounded to Naguib's words, read by a cabinet minister: "I declare the abolition of all political parties and the confiscation of their funds . . . I declare the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Dictator in Democracy's Name | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

Denouncing the Proficiency Test as "inoperative and impracticable," the group calls for the compete abolition of the present system and the substitution of three separate ways of meeting the requirement.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Group Considers Easing Language Requirements | 1/24/1953 | See Source »

The coaches have generally lined up on opposite sides--small college coaches favoring the abolition of the multi-team system--big college still for it. Strangely enough, from what quotes have appeared in the press recently, it would seem that their wards are not much worried, however. The man who...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 1/17/1953 | See Source »

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