Word: formality
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...formal Egyptian move followed a weekend of tumultous demonstrations for Egypt by Gaza residents. Many are refugees of the 1948 Palestine...
Grades draw much attention because they underlie the whole system. Excepting tutorial, all formal education in the College is graded. Lectures, reading assignments, quizzes, 1500-word papers, are all treated as things to be marked, or the stuff from which to make an examination...
...rolled to a stop on the tarmac, Nixon was still going strong despite a feverish head cold and the wearing effects of the bumpy, eleven-hour flight. He exchanged formal speeches with government leaders, remained at the airport for 20 minutes to acknowledge the thunderous cheers ("Freedom! Freedom!") of some thousands of Ghanians massed behind a fence at the edge of the flag-ringed field to greet him. Quipped the Vice President, leaning over the white fence to shake hands: "In America, we call this the boardinghouse reach." By late this month, when Nixon plans to wind up his current...
...their ethics and integrity ought to be a matter for them to work out with themselves. But it was no dice. Now I feel it's my missionary duty to see this thing through." This week the council invited Pressman and representatives of all three networks to a formal session devoted to the admission of radio-TV crews to cover all sessions...
Specifically, the new program will allow graduate students to take only eight half courses in their first or second year of residence. After the successful completion of such formal courses, a student will register with the Graduate School solely in terms of the amount of time he is spending in work toward a Ph.D...