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Word: acquies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1953-1953
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...tests cover everything from trape-zoids to Tom Paine, from spelling (acqui-esence, acquiescence, aquiescence, acqui-esance) to literature ("What Joseph Lincoln did for Cape Cod, Sarah Orne Jewett did for 1) Florida, 2) Maine, 3) Oregon, 4) Michigan"). But just knowing the usual subjects is far from enough. To test their intelligence, the Point also presents candidates with a whole new bogus language that changes from year to year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Going to the Point? | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

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