Word: expression
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sciences 2 are "the most important pedagogical device in my course." His section men, Michael Tanzer and Norman Pollack agree, stressing the improvement over the course of the term of their students' ability to present a coherent argument, to marshal facts to support it, to organize effectively, and to express themselves clearly. Reuben Brower assigns four or five papers in his English 162, as does Robert P. Wolff in Social Sciences 140. Richard Poirier, in his courses on American and English litera- ture, is another who gives frequent paper assignments, believing the act of writing to be the most important...
...seven steps to the green marble rostrum and took his seat as president of the United Nations' 16th General Assembly. Before him were the diplomats who had elected him, a motley crowd of delegates from every corner of the world. "It is hard for me to express the great grief I experience," said President Slim, speaking in French. "The Secretary-General of the United Nations fell a victim to his duty. He died, one might say, on the battlefield of peace...
Recalling Prado's last state visit as Peru's President during World War II, Kennedy welcomed his visitor as an old friend: "President Roosevelt wanted President Prado to come to our country to express his esteem for him and his leadership against the Axis. Nearly 20 years later, President Prado comes again. The U.S. President is different, times have changed, the adversaries now take a different form. But I believe that both Peru and the U.S., still standing shoulder to shoulder, fight for the same things...
...Nehru had any hopes of reining in Khrushchev's recklessness over Berlin or persuading him to stop his nuclear tests, they were soon blasted. He came from Belgrade, he told Khrushchev, to express "the minds of hundreds of millions of people" and their hopes that "the great powers who hold the key to war and peace will remove the threat of war and lead the world to peace." The Russian people have yet to be told that Khrushchev has actually begun testing, and Nehru tactfully avoided mentioning the fact. But his tact earned him nothing. Khrushchev, hacking away...
...salesman out of his atrophy. "Cash," says Robbins, "is getting to be passe for rewarding efforts. A lot of people want something they can see-and show off to other people." And then there are those who send trophies instead of poison-pen letters. One Marine officer, eager to express his opinion of a football referee, ordered a "Biggest Bonehead of the Year" trophy, and even supplied the bonehead: a souvenir Japanese skull, which Robbins gold-plated and suitably engraved. Another football referee, who was castigated for an outrageous yardage measurement, received a statuette of a referee with no hands...