Word: emphasising
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This system prevailed until he Faculty meeting of January 29, 1949, a meeting already memorable in students' minds for its emasculation of the tutorial system, when it was voted to set up what has come to be known as the seven weeks' rule. This rule, which is in effect today...
More immediately and not much less potently than a rise in tuition, the attitude of the veteran threatens to change the nature of the College. "The lights are burning very late," Mr. Bender writes, "and there is not much leisurely talk or fellowship or group spirit. In the College, particularly...
Where Are They Now? From a photostat of the only copy of the first issue (in London's Public Record Office) Editor Monaghan carefully copies the writing style (including its heavy use of italics for emphasis) and does his best to get the printers to imitate typography. The first...
In effect, this meant that the president, in spite of his high-sounding title, was actually under the thumb of the U.S. executive director, who, because of the huge U.S. investment in the Bank, controls the biggest bloc of votes on the board. And the U.S. executive director was bossy...
For 1947, the sales emphasis was on flowers. As usual, Philadelphia's W. Atlee Burpee Co., biggest mail-order seed house in the world (1946 gross: $5 million), made the biggest noise. It sent out three million catalogues to push the latest products of its California farm. Items: a...