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...offer, among others, such moral gems as "Don't cram before exams;" "Freshmen, play upon to the sophomore and upperclassmen. . . .ask for advice;" "Don't chew gum insistently" (sic); "Don't bring midget radios to the classroom;" "Don't be bashful about reciting;" "Don't change roommates every week--adjust yourself;" "Leave the bathroom as you ground...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Mag Tells How to Be Collegiate | 1/24/1948 | See Source »

...wasn't a matter of getting wise to Bobby's cagey game, he said, because he always plays his own strength rather than an opponent's weakness. But he did give Riggs credit for one thing: "Bobby is able to adjust himself to bad conditions better than I am . . . especially poor lighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jake on the Attack | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

Subsequently the Senate hit upon a cut of $4,500,000,000. The House stuck by the original figure. A conference committee was appointed to adjust the difference; and that was the last ever to be heard from the legislative budget. One of the most valuable portions of the Legislative Reorganization Act had been emasculated by trying to use in as a political tool with which to discredit the President. Republican leaders had formulated the size of the cut before they even saw the budget...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: High on a Windy Hill | 1/13/1948 | See Source »

Poskanzer, a southpaw himself, claims that ten percent of the college is being forced to adjust itself to a warped system which refuses to make allowances for these...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Southpaws Get Together for 'Forgotten Minority' Protest | 10/18/1947 | See Source »

...intended to use the reports--with a complicated formula--to adjust the veteran's leave time and to dock him if he used more than the 30 days allowed, including Christmas, spring, and between-terms recesses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vets Administration Wanted to Fine Ex-GI's Who Miss Classroom Muster | 10/8/1947 | See Source »

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