Word: framework
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...science is not infinite. . . it is finite." There are not many scholars willing to forecast that all physical and chemical theory will be polished off "let us say about the year 2000." And experimental sociologists are likely to gulp when they hear that we will have built a final framework for biology psychology, and sociology and possibly "a stable society" 500 to 1000 years from...
...This action represents the first attempt to adjust the Class system into an organized framework," Daniel P. S. Paul '46 3L, chairman of the Special Committee commented last night...
...basis was "inadequate." Spaak and his neighbors wanted mutual aid that would start "automatically" in case of hostilities with Germany "or a state connected directly or indirectly with Germany's action." Toward better definition of the Bevin Gesture, they suggested a "regional organization" for Western Europe, within the framework of U.N., on the lines of the American hemisphere defense system...
What is at issue is the liberal doctrine advanced by Dean Hanford in the 'thirties which stated that the organization of an individual course, within the framework of the broad educational goals set by the whole Faculty, should be up to the instructor in charge. This thesis, heralded at the time of its first announcement by the Council, allows instructors to fit short examinations, papers, and section quizzes into their own framework of the course. Among other things, the Hanford policy removed the curse of Hour Exam Week from the lives of the students, allowing faculty members to spread work...
Among those who ascended to the starting point high above the village was a local boy, a sturdy, tough-looking Italian, Nino Bibbia, whose father runs a fruit& -vegetable shop in St. Moritz. Nino lay down on the iron framework of his toboggan, crash helmet in place, and shoved off. His "skeleton" (as Alpine tobogganers call their steel-runnered sleds) slithered dangerously down the famous ice chute, whose turns have sporty names like Scylla, Charybdis and Battledore...