Word: cluttering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...affairs and setting journalism on new paths of glory: 1) Let every editor argue persistently for fair pay and a reasonable future security for his good men. 2) Let every newspaper of any size either fire or pension the high-priced ornaments and incompetent fuddy-duddies who now clutter up the place. Replace them, if they must be replaced, with ambitious young men who will work. 3) Tear down most or all of the schools of journalism and set the inmates to studying English, history, literature, economics, foreign languages, law or beekeeping...
...makes the sacrifice of his time, and what is still more important, of his own money, he is motivated by a strong desire for further knowledge. It is not a question of satisfying the ambitions of a parent or guardian. On the other hand, an alarming percentage of undergraduates clutter halls of learning for no other reason than to preserve a family tradition, or to stave off contact with an office desk for a few more years. Again, the difference between a mature person taking an elementary language course in preparation for next summer's trip abroad and a freshman...
...physical aspects Harvard has been undergoing a great change of late; houses are constantly going up, freshman dormitories clutter the Yard, and a Faculty Club is soon to be opened. Amidst all this masculine turmoil it is pleasant to note that Radcliffe is celebrating her fifty-second year by a new lecture hall...
...prices) in value of unsold Fairchild planes & engines; of "ventures . . . which do not now seem to promise profitable operation" (possibly Cuban flying service, various flying schools). Aviation Corp., with its $19,000,000 cash resources, could well afford the "house cleaning" of items that would otherwise hang over to clutter up future balance sheets, and mitigate the good showing anticipated from benefits of the Watres airmail bill (TIME, April...
...answer is not to be found in the petty and irritating hour examinations which have a tendency to clutter up the already too-complicated mechanics of so many advanced courses, and which in any analysis, emphasize the value of the course as a unit at the expense of the knowledge gleaned from the course. The whole fabrication of American education is built on the fallacy of the written examination as a safe and sound criterion of ability. Even the most conscientious assistant will admit that the phenomenon of decreasing returns applies to correcting test papers. The section man is mentally...