Word: consensus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most felt that although the pursuit and acquisition of knowledge are noble and desirable endeavors, to say the least, they nevertheless could be just as easily fulfilled with the exits uncluttered by locked doors. The consensus of opinion seemed to be that safety and education were not incompatible...
...week long, newsmen pounded out sentimental obits on the end of U.S. football's Big Game. Why had Army chosen to drop Notre Dame from its schedule? The consensus: Army, reduced to peacetime status, just didn't have the arms & the men to conquer Notre Dame...
...Stadium clash centered this week not around the teams themselves, but on the expected antics of the two-thousand-odd Indians who have been pouring down from the hills. When local sportswriters have taken off time from commenting on Hanover spirit to go out on a limb, the general consensus seems to favor the local forces...
...penn'orth king, Richard II), Alec had London's dour critics giddily tapping their umbrellas. The Daily Herald: "This is Shakespeare done in a way that gives luster to the English theater. . . ." The Daily Telegraph: ". . . Admirable economy . . . not a touch nor a tone seems wrong." The consensus: Alec Guinness is the most versatile new actor to appear on the British stage since...
...pinches tightly enough to choke a struggling tutorial program, the extravagance of an expendable advisory system should not be allowed. Granting that functions such as study help, course guidance, and even aid in personal problems should be provided by the University, the advisory system has shown itself by popular consensus to be relatively unsuited to this sort of work. Yet the average lowest paid advisor makes four hundred dollars a year for his task--based on a flat rate of twenty dollars per student. If this money were diverted to extend tutorial, admittedly invaluable in the social sciences, it might...