Word: allowables
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mother was a lady like yours you will allow, And you may have a sister who needs protection now- I've come to this great city to find a brother dear- And you wouldn't dare insult me, Sir, If Jack were only here...
...gentlemen," cried Purist McClenahan, "can such a situation exist? Such glaring inaccuracies are discreditable to the Board of Education. Such grammatical mistakes are inexcusable in any case, but it is inconceivable that this body, representing the educational system of this city, should allow such glaring errors to appear in its records...
Yale, however, in a somewhat omnipotent mood has found a way out, a way that is so simple that one wonders why no one thought of it before. Yale merely approached her alumni and suggested that if any of them had any money left, they might allow sentiment for old Eli to overcome them and contribute to a fund to be used in aiding undergraduates. The response was all that could be desired; Yale collected some two hundred thousand dollars, which makes it possible for her to give more aid to students than any other college, thus surpassing Harvard...
...boys shows, I think, a certain pathological state of fear, a sort of whistling in the dark psychology. If the Soviets were as cocksure as they claim to be, they would not be spending such a considerable portion of their waking hours proclaiming their own invincibility; nor would they allow the Japs to get away with the various raw deals which they have handed Russia in the Far East. Instead they would remain discreetly silent, sure that they could give the little yellow men a resounding kick on their posteriors that would speedily propel them back to their native islands...
...prerequisite for the A.B. degree. This does not mean, however, that Harvard has had any greater success with the old admissions criteria than have other colleges. Recent surveys have revealed a disquieting discrepancy between grades on entrance examinations and subsequent records. No admissions criteria can be wholly successful which allow an opportunity for intensive cramming by schools whose curricula are devised for the sole purpose of shoving dull students past the artificial barrier between the preparatory school and the college...