Word: factful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last June Spencer resigned his position, despite the fact that his concluding appointment had another year to run, to go to Cambridge University, England. There he was to take up a life appointment as visiting lecturer in English literature...
...should be recognized that this action is but a partial cure for the evils now prevalent in the method of faculty promotion. The reorganization of this office is, in fact, but one of the many suggestions the Report made in an effort to remove the feeling among younger instructors that their positions are insecure and that the promotional system is unfair. But such a move as this which helps coordinate department heads and the Administration is nonetheless an important step in this direction...
...instruction in reading springs from the Dean's Office's recognition of the fact that poor scholastic records can be causes by many factors besides lack of intelligence. The College has known for some time that difficulty in reading is a great handicap to the student...
...raced for the triumphant U-boat, "heavily attacked" it, believed they sank it. Rescue ships, including a U. S. freighter and a Dutch vessel, picked up perhaps half of the Courageous' company who were found singing and cheering in the water. The Admiralty took wry satisfaction from the fact that the carrier had aboard less than her full complement of 48 planes...
...long run," says he, "digging for truth has always proved not only more interesting, but more profitable, than digging for gold. If urged on by the love of digging, one digs deeper than if searching for some particular nugget. Practicality is inevitably shortsighted, and is self-handicapped by the fact that it is looking so hard for some single objective that it may miss much that nature presents...