Word: familiarization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Several History and Literature concentrators have protested that the works now assigned for various fields were already covered extensively in courses or tutorial. They feel, for example, that most concentrators in English History and Literature are familiar with Words-worth's Preludes, the book assigned them this year...
Certainly there is much to be said for this plan, at least as an experiment. No one can tell, of course, until it's tried, but possibly the sight of a Harvard letter-sweater and the familiar face of an athlete will inspire undergraduate lungs to more volume...
...tradition, the life story of the Latin American dictator goes something like this: win power, steal, flee (aided by the hallowed tradition of "political asylum"), spend and enjoy. The story almost never includes: return home, face the music. Last week, in a startling change in the familiar pattern, the democratic government of Colombia stood up to a brazen former strongman and made him answer for his actions...
...Last Hurrah. That old Gael Spencer Tracy gets a chance to make something out of the blarney that is built into the familiar figure of Frank Skeffington, rogue-hero of the popular 1956 bestseller. Result: a politico who is a combination of Robin Hood and Mother Machree. Sure and if he steals, 'tis only from the rich...
...orchestra was kept busy much of the time with getting the notes out and trying to stay together, and gave a strong impression that the players were not familiar enough with the work. The brass section supplied a flaring vividness to the big passages, but as the last movement wore on, the effect was repeated with too much similarity, and became wearing...