Word: basic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There are those who say that Valpey ought to adapt his system to fit his players, the way "good old Dick Harlow used to do." But Harlow never changed his basic patterns in his system; he only adjusted the razzle-dazzle from year to year to fool the opposition and fit his players...
Hutchins was sure that he could. Chicago set up a college that was to give a basic liberal education by the end of the sophomore year. Students who wanted to specialize thereafter could do so in the university. Instead of a hodgepodge of electives, there were only four main course divisions-the social, physical and biological sciences, and the humanities. Since students differed in ability, Chicago decided that they should be free to attend class or not and to go as fast as they wanted. All they had to do was to pass a set of broad examinations given...
...with submarines, airplanes, and the new pursuit of electronic miracles, the science of destruction was in full career, equipped with virtually every basic modern technique "except atomic energy...
...Winchester Repeating Arms Co. went into receivership, John spotted a chance to supplement the Olin cartridge line by buying one of the world's biggest sporting-firearm plants for $8,000.000. Since he likes to hunt, John has since neatly combined business with pleasure. He holds some 20 basic cartridge patents (e.g., Western Cartridge's "Super X" long-range load for small arms...
...present universal language requirement. Since it is feasible that men in certain departments like European history or science might find some use for a language, they should continue to meet at least the present minimum requirement. Perhaps there should even be a broader and more comprehensive one, including some basic knowledge of foreign culture and intellectual history. But for others, an altogether different standard should be set perhaps in some cases no standard at all, since a little language is not worth much...