Word: attainable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which resemble the Bok Plan, have all failed; and that the grounds on which the United States Senate originally objected to the League have been removed by changes in the League constitution. The affirmative admitted that the League is the ideal, but advocates the Plan as a means of attaining the ideal, which the misinformed people refuse to attain at a jump...
...that way is likely to be aware of the man who will tutor him. So on the one hand an undergraduate might stay in residence for a period of years with very little work to his credit, while on the other an earnest and ambitious student can attain a degree of intellectual development in three years which, perhaps, will in certain ways put him ahead of the ordinary high scholar of an American institution. High scholarship is more highly prized at Oxford than at Harvard...
...other things, it is a question of dollars and cents," said general Patrick. "As soon as the businessmen of this country realize the commercial possibilities of the air-plane, as Europe has already done, then and only then, will the civil air-force begin to attain the technical skill and pre-eminence which the Army Air Force has developed in its few years of service...
...questioned, however, whether the elimination of English 6 is altogether wise. There are, every year, a certain number of men who cannot attain higher than a C grade in English A, and yet who honestly and undoubtedly need further practise in composition. As these men are ineligible for more advanced courses, the new program will be English D, which cannot be counted toward a degree...
...relative standard is the only useful one--that is, the best men are given A's, the worst E's, and B's. C's and D's are dealt out following roughly a standardized grade-curve. With an absolute standard, it is conceivable that no one should attain an A or an E; with the relative standard, it is inconceivable...