Word: account
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...newly-formed Lowell House Society of Russian bell-ringers disagrees with the 1931 news account, which called the bells a "white elephants." Believing in the cultural value of the "zvon," as a Russian set of bells is properly termed, the group has undertaken to insure its maintenance and improve the quality of performance...
Parsons' intense absorbtion in his studies may further account for his apparent impersonality. Any questions directed at his personal accomplishments are invariably answered with generalized evaluations of progress in sociology. When asked to pinpoint a significant experience in his life, he brushes over "a few nice and heartwarming honors," and emphasizes the "sheer excitement of being in the middle of what seem to be important new ideas...
...impose "gracious living," even the destruction of an apple orchard in the name of what is known at Brandeis as the "edifice complex" have met vigorous debate which has often resulted in policy modifications. But just as I would not advise evaluating Harvard on the basis of the Omnibus account, so do I hope that the value of the energy and devotion which have gone into Brandeis will not be adjudged solely by what is done to make the school socially acceptable and financially stable. Sanford A. Lakoff, Teaching Fellow in Government
...only reason for requiring students to account for their income and expenses is that such an accounting maintains the illusion of student financial responsibility. When both the office and the student have recognized this responsibility as illusory, the lengthy forms serve no purpose, except in inuring the student to dishonesty in filling out forms. If the financial aid office is preparing the undergraduate for his 1040 blanks, the practice should be continued. Otherwise, they should recognize the fact that students do not keep accounts, and simplify their form by asking only for information which can be accurately given and used...
...Enemy? When Khrushchev finally subsided, Labor Leader Hugh Gaitskell rose to reply. He was pale and his voice trembled with indignation. Nobody expected such a mendacious and false account of history to be given on such an occasion as this, he said, but added bitingly that he saw no need to start a controversy, since all authoritative historians on earth, "with the exception of Mr. Khrushchev and his colleagues," were of a different opinion...