Word: correctional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...matched the record of the great Man o' War-21 races, 20 victories-and he has more races to run." Native Dancer is now running as a four-year-old. Man o' War won all his races as a two-and three-year-old. The number is correct, but it has taken Native Dancer longer...
Often, S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. men fell to in the lobby for some "woodshedding," a term for ad-lib singing by members who have never worked together. Naturally, woodshedding is considered a complex form of quartet work, since it calls for correct harmony and a working repertory of dozens of songs. This is no place for a crow (a nonsinging member who might sometimes toss in an ad-lib dum-dee-dee-dee), but calls for S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. men who can drop (the bass singer drops down one octave at the close of the song), scoop (hitting a note on the flat side...
...rate, the College made more correct investment decisions than incorrect ones, and the phenomenal rise in assets can be attributed largely to the sound policies of University treasurers--all of whom have had professional experience in financial matters since the appointment of Boston merchant Thomas Brattle...
...crossword-puzzle editor of Britain's Country Life magazine casually opened the entries in weekly contest No. 1266. The name signed beneath the first correct solution he came across was H.R.H. Princess Margaret, Clarence House, St. James's, London. After a discreet telephone call proved that this was no hoax, Country Life prepared to send Crossworder Margaret the prize: her choice of $8.82 worth of sporting books...
...real left winger" and acquiring "lots of Communist friends" he was doing "just what most people do in college or late high school." If this is the situation it would seem to be a most unfortunate one, and one which it is the duty of Harvard Corporation to correct...