Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...indefiniteness of his task and of the Bard method in general. "Golly," he exclaims, "How the hell can you measure an education?" Notwithstanding this, he says that Bard will probably begin to use graduate record examinations as one of many tests to evaluate students' work; he does not, however, expect Bard students to fare particularly well in the exams...
Unfortunately, the story is not one inspiring real admirition. Of course it is hardly fair to expect a director to stress both magnificent camera work and much meaningful dialogue. The story is one of action, with mass sword play, lance charges and a great battle on an ice flow. Eisenstein sacrificed what psychological vitality he could have given the film with additional dialogue for the real article in physical terms...
...Schwable case, there was a further question: Could the Marines give combat command in the future to a career officer who had cracked? Could it expect him to give his men the kind of leadership the Marines demand? The commandant's answer : Colonel Schwable henceforth should be assigned only "duties of a type making minimum demands . . . upon the elements of unblemished personal example and leadership...
Other countries are doing so well that they expect 1954 to be a record year. The Netherlands' industrial production, after hitting a new high in 1953, is expected to rise another 4% this year. Australia, helped by a new oil and uranium boom, believes that 1954 may be its best postwar year. Unemployment, under 1%, is still dropping, and the government itself expects a $52.6 million surplus for the current fiscal year, its second in two years...
...expect there will be no change in the relatively small number of opportunities available in the glamor fields either. Fields like advertising and foreign trade are always difficult to get into anyway," Newby added...