Word: expression
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...opinion was. His superior officer had instructed him to testify ''freely and frankly," then disciplined him for doing so. Now, should an officer of our military establishment need the consent of his superior officer to permit him to tell the truth as he sees it or express an opinion at the invitation of a House military subcommittee, which committee's conclusion is of first importance in our national defense...
...Poilus marching up to defend the French frontier were almost everywhere received by Britons in silence. Inquiring reporters for Baron Beaverbrook stopped 5,000 citizens to ask: "Do you on the whole prefer the French or the Germans?" The answer, blazoned next day in London's Daily Express, was that 21% had no preference, 24% preferred the French and 55% preferred the Germans...
Conclusions: "To express the matter in the language of William James, the Self is first and foremost a physical self. . . . The more primitive the situation in the biological sense, the more intense and the less variable is the attitude. . . . The origin of attitudes, in a functional sense, then, is always biological. The model upon which they are fashioned is often, though not always, cultural...
Tutor's opinions should carry much weight in the awarding of scholarships, but at present methods of obtaining information from this source are so, inadequate as to render it useless. When a scholarship application is received, the candidate's tutor is sent a blank upon which to express his ideas concerning the individual; this blank consists of two short paragraphs, the substance of which is contained in these sentences: "It will help the committee on scholarships if you will send us on this sheet an estimate of Mr. So-and-So's ability, as well as your opinion...
...prevailing method of asking for information puts tutors in the difficult position of having to express vague generalities of little use to the scholarship committee. It their advice is to be worthwhile, they must be given the opportunity to elucidate fully and more specifically...