Word: framework
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Concentration and distribution rules are intended to provide the basic framework that will guide a man towards a well-rounded education. The regulations will set the pattern of studies, but each individual must plan both the type and sequence of courses that comprise his education. This system places the burden of proof with the student. It requires that he choose his courses wisely and be carefully tutored in the ultimate objectives of concentration and distribution. The undergraduate who is carefully advised and sets up a precise balance between general and specialized courses can often realize the full value...
Their talks ranged over the whole set of problems which beset the U.S. in its efforts to organize the world for peace and fight the cold war against Russia. Within the larger framework of the Marshall Plan and the future of Germany, they touched on the two facts which particularly concerned Douglas in Britain: British dollars and British coal. Marshall was the policymaker in Washington; Lew Douglas was his most articulate interpreter abroad, and a trusted adviser besides...
...Becomes Electra (produced on Broadway in 1931) was never a great play-let alone a great Greek play. But it is a play that hankers after greatness (and Greekness) like a schoolgirl with a crush on a bust of Aeschylus. By attempting to dramatize the Oedipus complex on a framework of Greek drama, O'Neill produced a travesty of Freudian thought and something like a parody of Greek tragedy...
Traditionalist Princeton has never allowed itself to slip out of modern American education's mainstream. Although the College operates for the most part within a framework of custom loving conservatism and the graduate school has not yet assumed significant size, "Princeton" the community is alive with intellectual adventure. There the Institute for Advanced Studies conducts its profound theoretical explorations; across town at headquarters of the Gallup Poll experts from the University's Office of Public Opinion Research provide technical assistance in the delicate process of national pulse-taking...
...Metro's object, as stated in cards handed out to London moviegoers, was to present the love story of Schumann's life within the framework of his music and that of his contemporaries. The love story is a mess; the framework, a huge success...