Word: cater
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Everyone would gain from such an arrangement. The Administration could offer prospective students relief from household chores, and at the same time reduce its operating budget. The new maids would be storing away valuable experience for the day when they must cater to the domestic habits of their husbands. An the students would not complain as long as their room were kept clean...
...differentials in ability in public schools have increased downward since Bestor's school days, we are now turning out of the public schools more children who are actually better trained in subject matter . . . We must not return to the past when the special function of education was to cater to the needs of the few . . . WILBERT J. MUELLER Lawrence, Kans...
Admissions decisions are made by a committee composed of both Redcliffe officials and outsiders, who are brought in to insure that the local administrators do not cater to any subconscious prejudices. Rejections are especial difficult, for the committee realizes that in most cases they are eliminating choices that could possibly be as valuable for the college as the girls who are accepted. Most applicants these days can meet the academic requirements...
Michael Cahaly, a white mustached Syrian, has banked his fortunes on undergraduate caprice for the past twenty-five years. Together with Raphael, his younger brother, he keeps Cahaly's grocery store open every day and far into the night to cater to the owlish tastes of students for late snacks, Pogo, and Mickey Spillane...
...conceding their right to yell at you. You must never stand near them and never, never touch them-hatred for a teacher is part of their code and they must react or lose face if you do. You must never present them with ultimatums. But you must never cater to them in the slightest and never lie to them -they can sense fear or phoniness like animals. Your job is to keep them quiet while you teach those who can be taught. I don't know why, but they are especially difficult on Fridays, on rainy days...