Word: developed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...overwhelming defect about Snows is that it is based on a formation used in the original book to develop a character, yet disembowels character study by substituting pageantry for perception. It seem like a waste, somehow...
...Change it, develop it, do with it what you will. But use it in a kindly spirit and in later life come back to it as your home...
...chess masters have, roughly, an equal knowledge of technique, openings and variations of play. Therefore games between them usually develop into a war of nerves and a search for small advantages that are not always on the chessboard. Spain's Bishop Ruy Lopez recognized this as early as the 16th century when he recommended that an opponent always be seated so that the light shone in his eyes. Reshevsky's icy calm has a similar unsettling effect on his opponents. But the calm is only skin-deep. After match play, Samuel often breaks into a heavy sweat. When...
Sociologists say people who live in a close-knit group develop habits and mannerisms a bit strange to the rest of the world. A good example is the unique vocabulary of a Colgate man. So that you may be able to converse intelligently at parties after the game, there follows a short glossary of Colgatisms, with corresponding English definitions: You're out of it You are a social dud You've had it You're drunk You've gotton the green banana Your data called up and broke the data Three-dollar bills People who are "out of it" Sack...
...story of how the Housing Office came to roost in PBH shows how easily a favor can develop into an obligation. Thirteen years ago, members of the service center voluntarily undertook an inspection of living conditions and rental rates in Cambridge apartments, and compiled a list of rooms that met their standards. In 1945, when the University decided to take its own housing office out of Straus Hall, it referred all student househunters to the PBH lists. As the number of apartments and rentors rose, what was a mere listing turned into a minor real estate establishment. Devoted to graduates...