Word: formality
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...They were embarrassed by rank-and-file criticism that they had been unmannerly to B. & K. at the famous dinner party (TIME, May 7) and were anxious to convict Sir Anthony of even cruder mistreatment of his guests. They threatened a motion to cut Eden's salary-a formal method of bringing a Minister's personal competence into question...
...Some of the participants in that debate were graduates of Boston schools where debates had been held since 1887. The first debate in which no decisions were rendered, had three speakers without a rebuttal. After three years Princeton was added as a regular opponent, and finally, in 1909, the formal Triangulars were set up. Providing for simultaneous debates in Cambridge, New Haven, and Princeton, the Triangulars have been held annually since then, despite two wars and Harvard's break in athletic relations with Princeton in the 20s. In the Triangular, dominance has come in cycles, with Harvard winning more than...
Prior to the formal debates of the 1890s, a series of undergraduate discussion groups extended back into the 18th century, including the Hasty Pudding Club, organized to "argue and eat corn meal mush." Meeting secretly in a student's room, one group, the "Society of Resident Graduates," in 1792 argued "Freedom for the West Indian Negros," "The Principal Design of Conversation," and "Does a Theatre Corrupt the Morals of the People" The Harvard Union (of 1831) stands out briefly among a number of similar ephemeral groups...
Impetus to the more formal debates of the early 20th century was given by a number of prizes, including the Coolidge Prize, endowed in memory of T. Jefferson Coolidge 1850 and awarded annually to the two best speakers in a practice debate preceeding the Triangulars. The prize, won this year by Robert M.O'Neil '56 and David P. Bryden '57, is awarded on the specifications established in the instructions to the judges for the Triangular Debates...
Inside, the great cry is for better planning, more closets and storage space, bigger kitchens and bathrooms. On the West Coast, many builders consider that "two full baths are a must." Oversized living rooms are growing less popular. Instead, families ask for a smaller, more formal living room for guests and a second, paneled "family room" for everyday living. As for living rooms themselves, today's buyer wants a fireplace in a $10,000 house, whereas 87% of the $10.000 homes in the 1955 Labor Department survey had no fireplace. On the other hand, the great picture-window craze...