Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...face. In the Class of 1957, for instance, 50 percent of the students scored over 609 on the verbal aptitude section of the College Board examinations; less than ten percent fell under the 500 mark. Only 165 of the some 1900 colleges and junior colleges in the United States expect applicants to take these tests. Since 500 is the median score, students here are among the best who applied to these most selective colleges. Similarly with rank in class, more than half of '57 were in the top 15 percent of their classes at public or private school. Less than...
Eight sophomores will lead a favored Crimson fencing squad against Trinity this Saturday at the I.A.B. "Because we do not expect Trinity to be too strong," Coach Edo Marion explained, "and because these sophomores have shown so much promise, I want to use them in this match so that they can get some experience...
...inside G.M., Curtice's brisk efficiency is genuinely respected. Wilson used to keep the staff (including Executive Vice President Curtice) waiting around for hours while he made decisions. But Curtice is swift in decision and rarely wrong. If executives do not expect compassionate sympathy, they do expect-and get-justice. One result: there is little infighting in G.M.'s executive suites. Says Executive Vice President Albert Bradley: "We are all living in glass houses, and we go to great lengths to play fair with each other...
...friends persuaded Nationalist China to soften its opposition to a bargain the rest of the world had tentatively struck with the Communists? Blinking like a mournful owl from behind his glasses. Nationalist Delegate T. F. Tsiang slowly delivered the Nationalists' answer. "The peoples all over the world expect the United Nations to stand by its principles," he said. "When you base a proposition on a deal ... an illegal and immoral deal . . . you are destroying that very moral prestige of the [United Nations]." Tsiang paused. "This is a difficult moment for me," he said, then in German repeated Martin Luther...
...odds are that the Managers' Guild is dead. If its members want to stick with boxing, they will have to mend their ways and operate on their own. But, said one guildsman last week, "if it took Helfand six months to decide on this step, how can you expect us dumb guys to decide on an answer in three minutes...