Word: apte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...without books and can wright indifferently." The rule excluded Sir Nicholas' famous son, young Francis Bacon. Parents were required to furnish their boys with a bow and three arrows and if their "child shall prove unapt for learning . . . ye shall take him away; and again, if he prove apt, then that ye shall suffer him to remain till he be completely learned...
...present income goes, it doesn't matter much what grades he got at college: the A man averages only $49 a year more than his less scholarly contemporaries (one partial explanation: A students are more apt to enter low-paid occupations such as teaching, science and Government service...
...most persistent ailments. One of the worst forms-migraine -is a sick headache that recurs at regular intervals. Symptoms may include dark spots before the eyes, vomiting, lack of feeling in hands and legs. The trouble is, say the experts, people who least deserve migraine headaches are most apt to get them...
...Chinatown. Children, they agreed, are easiest to handle, not only because the little innocents are used to being led around by the nose anyway, but also because they are not automatically prejudiced, like many of their elders, against unfamiliar sights. The adults are apt to be casual but hostile. They often seem to "feel the museum's educational duty is comparable to a swift tour of Chinatown...
Most airmen steer clear of thunderclouds. Inside, there's apt to be a rough-house laced with lightning and rattling with hailstones. But sometimes thunderstorms cannot be dodged. So the Air Force, cooperating with the Navy, the Weather Bureau and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, undertook to find the best way to deal with them. If a plane flies too slowly through the vertical gusts, it may lose flying speed and stall. If it flies too fast, the gusts may tear its wings off. This week the Air Force published a chart showing how fast various planes should...