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Word: demanding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Since low admission grades rank only third in the list of causes of poor standing in college, there are evidently other factors than that of proficiency at passing the entrance examinations to be considered in estimating a man's success after matriculation. Among these might be mentioned the familiar demand for greater correlation between the teaching methods of the school and the college so as to facilitate the transition. Such elements are only just beginning to be appreciated by the authorities of the secondary schools, and a further increase in the admission requirements would only serve to discourage this tendency...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DROPPED FRESHMEN | 6/1/1929 | See Source »

...edition of 2,500 is to be publish and the type will be retained to me any unexpected demand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Handbook | 5/29/1929 | See Source »

Accommodation has been prepared for approximately 400 people, the number that attended the affair last year, while additional arrangements will be made as the demand warrants. In case of rain the Brooks House itself will become the scene of activity. The House will be open to the convenience of the guesis during the entire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPONSORS ANNOUNCED FOR ANNUAL P. B. H. SPREAD | 5/28/1929 | See Source »

...Long had contended that the impeachment campaign against him was instigated by the Standard Oil Co. as a reprisal against his demand for a 5?^ per barrel oil-refining tax to raise funds for state improvements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Long . . . By Grace | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the average weekly demand for musicians at member-studios of the Association of Motion Picture Producers is from 150 to 175 players. Weekly pay checks for such positions run high, ranging from $350 to $600. But the average musician out of work is not qualified for the job. Only men of highest calibre are equipped for the delicate work of recording for synchronized sound films. And the cinema studios are already beginning to cut down the size of their recording personnel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Musicians' Plight | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

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