Word: aptly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Illinois' Monmouth College (enrollment: 740) the chemistry courses of 69-year-old Professor William S. Haldeman are a campus legend. Even an apathetic student is apt to find that he wants to learn more & more about chemistry. And a good proportion of his classmates can count on becoming chemists for keeps...
Westerners are apt to prefer the lively grace of Greek art to the detachment and restraint of the Egyptian, but some Greeks preferred the Nile product. "Long ago," wrote Plato in the Laws, the Egyptians recognized that "their young citizens must be habituated to forms and strains of virtue. These they fixed, and exhibited the patterns of them in their temples; and no ... artist is allowed to innovate upon them . . ." Plato exaggerated...
Prediction & Reaction. According to Dr. Sheldon, a blend of "morphs" himself, people's temperaments are apt to fit their physiques.* Endomorphs are likely to be amiable and slow; mesomorphs, vigorous and aggressive; ectomorphs, inhibited and cautious. Further, he has found his types particularly susceptible to certain diseases, e.g., mesomorphs to acute appendicitis. Usually, says Sheldon, a person's physique can help indicate what sort of reaction he will have under stress, what sort of diet he needs, what sort of work he will excel...
...Takers. In North East, Pa., Mrs. Alice K. Montgomery tried again in the "For Rent" column of the North East Breeze: "68 calls for the apt. I advertised last week but still for rent. No children over 6 mos. No dogs. No drinkers. No cigarette smokers...
...bombers are great for speed, but they have not done so well at dropping bombs accurately. At speeds above 350 m.p.h., the bombs were apt to tumble or fall erratically, go wide of the target...