Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...permissive atmosphere enables visitors and their families to join in activities on a social level," commented Dell H. Mymes, assistant professor of Social Anthropology, who was at the Center last year. "It is very difficult to break away from the culture that is built up among scholars there," he added...
...always difficult to prove the need for another undergraduate course of instruction. As the Edsel recently proved, the product often creates the market, not the reverse. Nevertheless, many English concentrators and others in literature courses often find themselves lacking sufficient background in Biblical and classical lore to appreciate many illusions and mythical themes in the works at hand. For students who are foggy on the Song of Solomon or the Odyssey, an introduction to these basic poetic works in English translation might be a valuable preface to Spenser, Milton, and Joyce...
...which can be found even in geniuses. The technique of isolating certain elements for criticism is never used to praise an author or defend a position, but is common when breaking down a work of art. Many students are more delighted to discover error than beauty, and find it difficult to counteract this when they have to sustain a long thesis that is something other than adverse criticism. Even the moderate position removes emotional response as a criterion for evaluation, relying solely on theoretically objective tests that are often based on standards more arbitrary and less reliable than the emotions...
...faculty-student relations, the report goes on to recommend that one undergraduate be selected in each House to "initiate and organize those various events which give students and tutors a greater opportunity to meet." The increased opportunities for contact resulting from this step would, the committee, feels, make the difficult "first meeting" between students and faculty more likely...
Although Navy actually won the Intercollegiate League title, it is difficult to call them the best nine-man squad in college squash because of the fact that their success seems to be more contingent on the home court advantage than is usually the case. On the other hand, Harvard showed throughout the season one of the most powerful, well balanced teams ever to play in intercollegiate competition...