Word: frequently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...escapes and chases are lifted from old films. All horses except the hero's and the villain's are picked for their nondescriptness; wheeled back & forth in front of the camera, five of them do the work of 50. In the same way, extras are multiplied by frequent changes of hat. Serial units frequently shoot 125 scenes, up to 18 minutes of finished film, in one day. Average for an A picture: two minutes...
American colleges are distinguished by, among other things, a variety of purposes. Harvard College has committed itself by tradition and by frequent statement to the particular ideal of the "liberal education" as its field of activity. Speeches, articles, and books by the faculty and administrative officers of the University have reiterated that Harvard intends to produce neither technicians nor carefully stamped wax educational dummies, but intelligent, useful citizens--men, in other words, who have the broad background and mental vigor to be able to understand and evaluate the issues facing the Free Society in the twentieth century...
...student's thinking throughout the term. It must also provide an alternative which will permit grading at least as fair and sensitive as that which prevails under the examination system. This alternative can be derived from one of the most rewarding innovations of the General Education courses: short, frequent written assignments during the term. It is difficult to admit the possibility of education without examinations, but a careful analysis of papers as a substitute for tests shows them to meet all the requirements...
...essays would allow anyone to escape without doing the reading: a good paper would require as much work as does a good examination. The student's thinking processes would certainly be stimulated more often during a term than most men's are under the examination system. And the more frequent the thought, the less superficial his knowledge of the course...
...crippled in the war. They were wretched beyond description, living in cabins with hencoop sides and porous roofs. Wrinkled, filthy, with desperate eyes and unkempt hair, they chewed tobacco, drank, fought, lived a life "of rare day's works, some begging, some stealing, much small, illicit bargaining, and frequent migrations...