Word: fashioned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this point, however, Brigham's rejuvenation occurred. His control troubles vanished and he began to mow the Bruins down in seemingly invincible fashion. He relied heavily on his fast-ball, using his curve only occasionally, when ahead of the opposing batters...
...chipped away at the Anglo-Saxon political concepts of Japan's 1946 "MacArthur Constitution." presses for at least a partial return to the hierarchical, authoritarian traditions native to Japan. By order of the Kishi government, Japanese schoolchildren will soon find themselves doing playground drill in the militaristic prewar fashion, and will be subjected to regular doses of "moral education...
...bigger. But the figures are not completely comparable, because both the definition and the sample have changed. Until last year, the census takers counted all workers laid off for 30 days or less as employed. Last year the rules were changed to count such workers as unemployed. In this fashion, the statisticians arbitrarily added another 250,000 to the unemployment totals. While the census takers have tried to adjust past figures to take into account the new rules, no one knows how accurate the adjustments...
...esthetic eye for the glowing colors and uneven texture of the Thai silks. Says he: "It disturbed me that production of this wonderful material had stopped." He left the Army and diplomatic service, took 500 samples to New York, where the silk drew raves from designers, decorators and fashion editors. Thompson lined up an importing firm to handle the silk in the U.S., went back to Thailand and began operating with...
...make college students aware of the problems in historical research. It has become, instead, a rather detailed study in the philosophy of history, apparently, with the wholehearted approval of the department. If this is to be its purpose, certainly we are all going about it in a rather silly fashion. Professor M. G. White teaches a very fine course, Phil 186, which appears to cover in one term what we now, as history majors, spread over a two year period. Moreover, our tutors, qualified as they undoubtedly are in their own fields, are not expert in problems of philosophy. Some...