Word: consisted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Layman Paul's . . . external tools seemed to consist of shovels, jeeps, telephones, duplicating ink, endless quantities of coffee, and the raucous use of about five words in Japanese- mingled in unpredictable ways, but always with a wide grin . . . (REV.) WILLIAM J. CHASE Ex-chaplain, Far East Air Forces St. James' Church New York City...
Second prizes went to Burton G. Malkiel '53, Ira Rabkin '55, and Pirie MacD. Tutchings '54. The two first prizes consist of $35 each, and second prize winners will each receive...
...curator worthy of the name would be found if physically tested, to possess a density directly and a gravity inversely varying as the potency of port; if tested anatomically, to have the word 'wine' neatly emblazoned on his heart; and if finally submitted to quantitative analysis, to consist primarily of C4H602," which, in early 19th century chemistry, spells alcohol...
...Arts) gets some comic byplay out of the rehearsal of a play by a British rural repertory company. The play itself is a rather improbable confection called Tarnished Gold, in which most of the characters seem to be named Jeffrey and Reggie and most of the dialogue seems to consist of "dahling" and "deah boy." Rehearsals are almost at a standstill because the aggressive authoress (Margaret Rutherford) is at loggerheads with the director (Robert Morley), who is at odds with the cast and crew. Additional complications set in when the director falls into the orchestra pit and the authoress takes...
...Unfortunately, the fanatical exaltation of the common denominator has been taken up ... by those who are supposed to be educators and intellectual leaders. Instead of asking, 'What would a good education consist of?', many professors of education are asking, 'What do most college students want?' . . . Examination papers are marked, not in accordance with any fixed standard, but in accordance with a usual level of achievement; the amount of work required is fixed by the amount the average student does; even the words with which the average student is not familiar are edited out of the books...