Word: commonical
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scale, in the 1830's. Unpleasant, demanding, and accusatory attitudes were in evidence on many campuses. The sobriety of the scholar and the would-be scholar, celebrated in all previous ages, seemed simply to vanish. In some places the spirit of reasonableness, and the desire to achieve understanding with common courtesy, traditional hallmarks of the academic life, were actually sneered at and condemned. In many places discontent flared and strong passions tended to drive out good feelings and careful thought. Manners suffered. It was indeed an extraordinary year...
...women had the common complaints of pelvic pain, a variety of menstrual disorders and, in 66 cases, infertility...
Rebuffed in merger feelers toward Saint-Gobain, BSN quietly bought 10% of its competitor's 11.5 million shares. Then, in December, Riboud sprang his frontal attack. Backed by three big banking houses, BSN offered to exchange convertible debentures with a face value of $46 for Saint-Gobain common stock, then selling for $29. Such tactics, common in the U.S. and Great Britain, had never before been tried in France. Much to BSN's surprise, Saint-Gobain did not take long to fight back strongly...
...real meaning of the grace-period decision depends on one key question: whether Finch's momentary retreat is a hint of weaker stands to come. Both Thurmond in his satisfaction and the Journal in its anguish have worked from the common assumption that it is. So have many Southern schoolmen, who now imagine that the desegregation plans they finally conjure up won't have to be too rigorous to meet Nixon administration standards...
Harvard's difficult away schedule adds importance to the score of the Williams match. In the event of a tie for the national championship the title will be decided on the basis of scores against common opponents. Consequently Harvard is shooting today not only for a victory, but for a decisive victory...