Word: cheapens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Richard T. Gill, lecturer in Economics, also supported the Fleming proposal, because the present system "tends to cheapen the CLGS degree." He urged that a deadline for dropping the thesis be reinstituted so that a candidate for honors in field is not able to slip dishonorably into CLGS...
There are a few other blemishes, mostly in the matter of judgement. The extended burlesque of Bette Davis at the start of the play and the later use of a toy popgun are both funny of themselves, but they cheapen the play unnecessarily. When one is trying to operate at a high level, one ought to deny himself--no matter how reluctantly--even the best of a low level. Not that I would proscribe all comedy in this play; there is much, and most of it is appropriate. And while I should not temper one bit the venom and vitriol...
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...Liberalizing would only tend to cheapen the present Ph.D.," countered Lars V. Ahlfors, professor of Mathematics. "I like this proposal; it offers many possibilities without lowering our standards. The department should consider it very seriously...
...solution must be found, even though McGrath achieves nothing by proposing to cheapen the research degree. The college will not survive unless it can find a separate purpose in society. Even if it devotes itself to the education of citizens, rather than the employment and production of scholars, it will only succeed if the universities also recognize that teaching of teachers is as important an aim as the increase of knowledge...