Word: daltonics
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...remained a cult favorite for the last half-century. The reason is simple: Lewis pulled out all the stops, letting his visuals convey a feeling of uninhibited youth - what critic Myron Meisel labeled "the dizziness of irresponsibility." "Gun Crazy" also found Lewis collaborating with another misunderstood auteur - blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo wrote the script, submitting it under the name of Millard Kaufman, a fellow screenwriter who agreed to front for Trumbo...
...first-years have had difficulty adjusting. Oliver, a graduate of the Dalton School in New York, came to Harvard with a built-in social network...
Over the course of the next two years, Gates, Appiah, art historian Karen Dalton and other Du Bois Institute staff secured a $200,000 grant from the Markel Foundation, cultivated a number of smaller donors, established a relationship with the Baker House and developed detailed curricula...
First, it must be acknowledged that the guide is funny. Beginning on page five with a parody of the admissions test at the Dalton School for the Academically Gifted, the book is a witty and occasionally even incisive look at the admissions process. The Lampoon, in this book and in general, is at its funniest when its satire has the bite of social commentary; this is the case at a few points in the college book. The book pokes fun at the advantages for the rich in the admissions process and what it calls "the standardized testing racket" the parody...
...urge students to do anything that shows productive expenditure of time. There is a misconception that summer school will give you a leg up," Robert S. Koppert, college counselor at the Dalton School in New York City says...