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Word: characterized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite numerous short corners and 25-yard bullies, the Radcliffe hockey team lost its first match with Lowell House yesterday afternoon. The 2-1 score does not indicate the character of the play, which was spirited and aggressive. Unfortunate inaccuracies on the part of both forward lines caused many possible...

Author: By Jean J. Darling, | Title: Bellboys Check 'Cliffies | 10/9/1958 | See Source »

"In addition to the Sunday church services," the trustees' statement continues, "the College conducts a number of assemblies. Generally they consist of: The Gathering of the College, a secular student assembly held on Tuesday mornings, conducted by the President of the College; College lectures, on Wednesday evening, with addresses by...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Mt. Holyoke and the 'Uncommon Woman' | 10/9/1958 | See Source »

Although frequent use of capitals of express The Big Ideas is annoying and the prose often cumbersome, the primary fault of the book is its over-simplification. To present the character of Bogard, Frede resorts to a modern-day equivalent of good and bad angels. Bogard's thoughts are conveyed...

Author: By Charles S. Maier, | Title: The 'Apathetic Generation' | 10/9/1958 | See Source »

All pretty thin stuff. The pleasure to be derived from Mr. Ritchard and company is like the pleasure from a professional ball game. The actions so perfect, all the flies snagged, precision done with ease. Ritchard, who looks as if he's been watching Rex Harrison, clearly had the part...

Author: By David M. Farquhar, | Title: The Pleasure of His Company | 10/9/1958 | See Source »

Frede's diagnosis may be accurate for a segment of the present college generation, but it is certainly to glib. Bogard suggests that "we've been taught a helluva lot of Don'ts and almost no Do's." causes of apathy are much deeper and more complex than Frede's...

Author: By Charles S. Maier, | Title: The 'Apathetic Generation' | 10/9/1958 | See Source »

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