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Word: frequent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...toast. (Harold watches with a surly vigilance; there's always the chance that the grim, spindly individual who passes for an all-night cafeteria cook might slight students on butter.) Harold is careful not to tear apart and devour the bread; his meal is precise and aristocratic, punctuated with frequent glasses of free water...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: Down 'n' Out in Cambridge: The Soybean Cult | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

Chamber music concerts will commence next Monday with Norma Sapp in Sanders at 8:30 P.M. Frequent organ recitals will also be available...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Summer Scholar's Life: Quite a Happy One; Concerts and Lunches, Dances and Punches | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

...sharply reversed its policy on Latin America's most important export: coffee. Traditionally, the U.S. has maintained that coffee marketing should operate solely on the basis of supply and demand; in times of high prices, the coffee-growing nations cashed in happily, but in the all-too-frequent years of sagging prices and unwieldy surpluses they had to bear the losses and hope for better days. Even before Vice President Nixon's tour of Latin America, the U.S. was considering shifting its position. Last week, as part of the post-Nixon new look in U.S.-Latin American relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Coffee Switch | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

...curriculum is largely determined by college demands. Recently, efforts have been made to enable students to take advantage of the advanced standing programs at Harvard and other colleges. Classes are held in small discussion groups, with constant insistence on self-expression. There are few formal examinations, but frequent critical essays are required in all course. Projects and several long papers allow college-level work in the last year...

Author: By Paul A. Buttenwieser, | Title: Putney: Search for the Complete Education | 6/12/1958 | See Source »

...Segregation" on the basis of intellect and ability--contrary to the charge of "undemocratic"--is in the best interests and tradition of a democracy in seeking out its best and training them. Bright students should be classed with bright students for stimulation and competition, instead of subjected to the frequent resentment of their slower classmates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Gifted Child: Tragedy of U.S. Education | 6/12/1958 | See Source »

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