Word: badness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Barker spoke of the difference between a good and a bad audience, not measured by numbers, but by the bond of sympathy which may or may not exist between the audience and the actor. "An audience," he said, "can do 25 per cent. of the work, and get a 50 per cent better performance by doing...
...born criminals as it was formerly supposed," said Mr. Osborne. "There is no fixed line dividing the good and the inherently bad, any more than there is a line around the earth at the equator. When men go wrong it is largely the result of circumstances or environment. The old prisons based on this mistaken theory only added to the criminal capacities of those who were confined within their walls. The effect upon the inmates was both physical and moral. Owing to the unhealthy surroundings the prisoners developed what was called the 'prison pallor" and the influence on their moral...
...search of the fugitive. The band, 16 in number, set out in charge of one guard. They were gone all night and had plenty of opportunity to escape, yet the next day, all returned. Afterward one of the party came to Mr. Osborne and said: "Ain't it too bad more of them aren't like you and me? If they was, this world would be an ideal place...
...bigness of the task of teaching makes it all the more essential that prospective teachers should plan their college course definitely with the view of making this their life-work. Misfits in business are bad enough; undeniably worse are misfits in the teaching profession. The difference is that between making money and making...
...Stars of Brookline a two-run lead in the first inning, the Rovers finally pulled out a victory by the score of 8 to 6 on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. The All Stars, leading at 2 to 1 in the fourth, scored three more runs on two bad errors and Bush's triple. In the same inning Wyche's single with the bases full scored a run for the Rovers, and in each of the last three innings the Rovers scored two runs, while the All Stars' one run in the eighth was their last...