Word: correctional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some day the oak may no longer be there. Then the model diplomat, capable and correct, must prove how well the British Foreign Office tradition of expertism and caution can adjust to the incautious and wild demands of the second half of the soth century. The answer must wait until Anthony Eden steps out of the oak's shadow...
Hoover listed eight reasons for West European belief that the Russians will not invade (among them: the venture would be too risky; Stalin has enough trouble with dissident nationalities already under his wing; it's more profitable in Asia). Correct or not, he said, "Western Europe's lack of hysterics . . . calculation of low risk . . . lack of hurry to arm . . . requires that the United States recalculate our own risks and reconsider the possible alternatives . . ." Added facts for revaluation are the upheavals in the Middle East, the failure to forge victory in Korea, the "dangerous overstraining" of the U.S. economy...
...climb atop the nearest ration or ammo box. Chic in the best French tradition, Pepita admits to 38 years (the chivalrous French have omitted her age from the battalion records), is pleased that no one in Korea has made a pass at her. Says she: "They are so very correct, always. It is all one family, and I am their sister. Oh, they are so fine-I love them all." Her saddest job: writing home to the families of men killed in combat...
Despite its success in helping students out of immediate academic pitfalls, the Bureau's most unusual work is concentrated in the field of reading. With the aid of modern scientific devices, William G. Perry, Jr. '35, director of the Bureau, and Charles P. Whitlock, his assistant, try to correct the one defect which underlies many D's and E's--poor reading speed and comprehension. Each one gave a section in the reading class this fall, one at 8, the other at 5 in the afternoon...
...Denver and Colorado set out for way stations on the eclipse's 70-mile-wide path. When the moon's shadow climbs northeastward over half the world, the experts will be waiting with telescope, camera and electronic recording equipment. By their observations they hope: 1) to correct their maps and charts, 2) learn something about weather prediction and radio communication, 3) check on a prediction made by Albert Einstein some 37 years...