Word: correcting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...These precepts, established in 905 by President Wilson, are the heart of the upperclass years and perhaps the most distinctive feature of Princeton's undergraduate education. The precept emphasizes logical thinking rather than factual knowledge. It is a time in the Princeton education when a professor can discover and correct any misconception in his students' minds while stimulating their reading interests...
...Reds said disdainfully that they would not reply to such "drivel," but lately they have felt driven to long and unconvincing refutations. Palmiro Togliatti, once quick to sue defamers, has so far not sued Edgardo Sogno-a fact which convinces innumerable Italians that Sogno's statements are essentially correct...
...Failure of a metal after repeated straining. Small cracks, which sometimes start at tool marks, sharp indentations or other "stress raisers," spread through metal until it breaks. Sufficient strength, correct design and careful fabrication can prevent such failures...
...Farnsworth plans to correct the present deficiencies in the University's health program with a modern, central infirmary. He hopes the fund raising campaign will be complete by the fall...
...newspaper-and magazine-publishing businesses, our bureau of standards is an organization called the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Every important publication in the U.S. that carries advertising and has a paid circulation is a member of the A.B.C. As its name indicates, the bureau is the authority on correct circulation figures. This month the A.B.C. is celebrating its 40th anniversary...