Word: failed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...great day of election draws nearer and nearer, all the political parties are imploring the people to register promptly and to vote without fail. Some campaigners have even struggled above the steam of partisan battle to admit that a large turnout is desirable in itself, whether it happens to be for their particular groups or not. And although a great many potential voters seem to be less than inspired this year by the privilege of picking their government, few will deny that a perplexing choice is better than no choice...
Student residents of eight states cannot vote in the coming Presidential elections unless they go back home on November 2. Men from 20 other states cannot vote if they fail to register in their home state before the deadline...
Scholarships will be available for the first time this year to Group IV students, F. S. Von Stade, '38, director of scholarships, announced yesterday. He emphasized that the additional funds would be used mostly to help those already holding grants whose grades barely fail to meet the old requirements...
...original phrases to add to what had been said often before. But the words had a new and bolder meaning, and the people cheered. Said Ernst Reuter simply: "He who surrenders Berlin surrenders a world, surrenders himself." Gustav Pietch, railroad labor leader, bellowed hoarsely: "The blockade has failed, and now the Communists can only wait for the help of General Hunger and Generalissimo-" (here he paused long enough for the crowd to expect to hear "Stalin") "-Winter." Pietch concluded: "Again they will fail!" And the crowd roared its assent...
...most part, says Macintosh, the colleges are to blame. Many of them fail to learn enough about their students before admitting them, nor do they pay enough attention to them once they are there. Students need guidance, especially during freshman year. What they find, too often, is a drab and rigid schedule, overcrowded classes, comparatively inexperienced and uninspiring teachers-for "in a curious way a tradition seems to have grown up that it is somewhat beneath the dignity of a full professor to stoop to teach freshmen." A further discouragement: "In some institutions it is the practice...