Word: creditably
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...both Republicans and Democrats who wanted to try to cure the recession by cutting taxes. Within the Administration, Vice President Richard Nixon and Labor Secretary James Mitchell argued that it would damage the Republicans in the 1958 elections, and beyond, if the Administration let the Democrats grab the credit for combatting the recession by cutting taxes. On Capitol Hill, Sam Rayburn responsibly held off the Democrats who wanted to cut taxes, but he wavered in the face of arguments that the party could not afford to let the Administration get the credit...
Since most students aim to build up credit for Stateside colleges, only 500 have actually graduated. But more graduates are on the way. Maryland conducts full-scale commencements in Heidelberg (and Tokyo), with caps and gowns, a heady speech by the Governor of Maryland...
Average age of the students is close to 37. Attending class at night, they can earn only about 15 credit hours a year (half the normal rate), and the consequences of cutting class are clear. One jet pilot, forced to eject over Newfoundland, landed in bush so wild that a helicopter had to haul him out. All he could think of was getting back for his class. He made it. "Our students may not all be brilliant," says Dean Ehrensberger, "but they sure are motivated...
These small groups could run weekly throughout the year and offer half-course credit and a grade, thus encouraging those who show genuine interest, and eliminating those with no serious intentions. If they wish, non-Honors students who do well in these interdepartmental tutorials might on the strength of their record and a qualifying essay be readmitted to Honors. Honors students, furthermore, should also be allowed to enroll in these tutorial group as much as facilities would permit...
Still, if the casting of the two main roles was far from perfect and the performance in the pit highly unsatisfactory, the general effect did not lack tension and emotional impact. Credit this to the generally competent singing in both major and minor roles (in fact, the shepherdess, Taeko Fujii, was perhaps the most impressive vocalist of all), a well-prepared chorus, and Miss Caldwell's inventive and skillful staging of the main scenes...