Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mendès-France was leaving the government, after four months as a frustrated junior partner. He added: "I should like at least that my resignation should have the effect of a new. anguished appeal for the government to take the necessary decisions, however difficult they may be." Mendes (who was himself brought down as Premier last year over North Africa) was convinced that Mollet has never been the same since his trip to Algiers last February. There Mollet had been pelted by irate French colons, and in Mendès' view he had since given top much weight...
...abolition of lectures and exams. To be perfectly consistent in its structure of prestige, i.e.'s ideal university would also have no degrees or any other symbol of competence. Present methods of challenging incompetence are certainly not ideal, but in the present state of society it seems difficult to do without some formal evaluation of the individual, especially if he is to set himself up as an expert or professional. Having marks may encourage the prestige bug, but it does not prevent creative thinking. i.e. contends that passing an exam requires only one night of concentrated study. If this...
...negative force in the college, deadening controversies which should be spontaneous, institutionalizing social conflicts, sapping intellectual morale ... in the undergraduate group as a whole." This is so untrue as to smack of totalitarian scapegoatism. Unless the editors of i.e. spend a great deal of time with "clubbies," it is difficult to see how the clubs can affect their morale. The clubs may be a symbol of hypocrisy, but this does not mean that they are the root of all prestige-consciousness. When one reads assertions as reck-less as these, it convinces him that id est, the Cambridge Review...
...church in protest against Pastor Seastrand's stand, but his methods have won over many of the congregation, and 26 additional whites have joined the church since the inter-racial policy became known. Said a Texas-born deacon at a church meeting: "No one has had a more difficult job battling this problem than I. But I thank God that I now not only recognize what is the right thing to do but am willing to accept...
...other hand, some machine-tool makers argue that the change in the list helped Russia and her satellites little, since the tools released were those in common use. Moreover, manufacturers publish such detailed description and specifications of their products, plus displays at tool shows, that it is difficult to keep the tools from being copied...