Word: familiarity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there is no Jesus Christ in this either at the head or along the line," replied Senator Reed. "My friend has gone into Biblical matters, a question I did not understand he was at all familiar with...
...want you to become familiar with these instruments...
...last the familiar signal flashed in. They were at Circle City, 130 miles northeast of Fairbanks on the Yukon. That they were safe was good news, but there was better news still...
Going south again they had not navigated (used instruments) but had piloted their plane by "familiar" landmarks remembered from the trip up. A buffeting headwind threw their calculations off a lot, and when they reached the Yukon they were far to the east of their course. Eielson had recognized Circle City; they had descended to refuel and pass the night...
...phenomenon is familiar. The University's newest changes in educational lines have been aimed at minimizing the deadening influence of such men. And the cause of the phenomenon is not much farther to seek. Colleges--that is to say, the machinery of education--are being called on to handle a greatly increased load, particularly since the war. Everybody is going to college. And the economist, at least, will not be surprised to realize that, as the demand for education increases, more and more people are attracted to the profession of teaching, not, it must be said, through prospects...