Word: frequently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with the accomplishments of its remarkable pupils, aged 2 to 13. Mrs. Brannon had no trouble finding bright children, had less luck finding bright parents. She started with 50 pupils (average I. Q.: 128). She soon weeded out three: a three-year-old because his mother insisted on too frequent brushing of his hair, a five-year-old because his parents spoiled him, a seven-year-old because he was too stupid...
...revolution and his man is believed to be General Joaquín Amaro, dark, chunky, glass-eyed ex-War Minister who is known as "the toughest hombre in Latin America." A pure-blooded Huichol Indian from Zacatecas, Amaro hates gringos but carries on affable intercourse with German agents who frequent his elegant villa at Calzada de la Exposición. Uncommitted politically, he is regarded by the Nazis as a Putsch possibility and convenient dark horse that could be ridden to power after pistoleros had done their work in the two opposing camps...
...TAKE THIS WOMAN: And who wouldn't? Despite frequent scenes in which Hedy Lamarr seems about to be tied to the railroad tracks, this particular treatment of the eternal "eternal triangle" provides fair entertainment. Spencer Tracy, shuttling from a steaming jungle to an expensive night club, is as painfully high-minded as usual, but manages to look at home in both places. Verree Teasdale, as a clever, shallow sophisticate, is the saving grace of the acting in this film. But still, Lamarr, lamerrier...
Handicapped by frequent shifts during the week, the second Freshman heavies will race the M.I.T. second heavies over the Henley distance this afternoon...
...Union's remedies are of two kinds: those designed to provided better organization, and those aimed at securing better and more experienced tutors. Better organization is fairly simple. Specifically, it means frequent meetings of departmental tutorial staffs, and closer contact between departments and between departments and Houses. Better personnel is a harder row to hoe. Basing its recommendations on the Report of the committee of Eight, the Union urges more systematic canvassing of prospective tutors, the retention of good tutors for from seven to twelve years. Timidly, it suggests that excellence in tutoring be weighted more heavily than at present...