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...teachers themselves, he had plenty of advice. "A school," he wrote, "is no place for merely drilling boys and girls as soldiers are drilled on parade-no place for the preservation of that 'order' which is seen in their hushing at their master's frown, as a wheel stops the moment the pin fastens it." Nor was it a place for book learning alone-of mere ciphering with no relation to the things children could actually count, or "mere atlas geography" with no relation to real "direction, distances [and] bearings...
Economic Stabilizer Alan Valentine nervously pushed through the crowd and cached the head table. There before him in the seat of honor was his wage stabilizer, Cyrus Ching, sucking away placidly at his stove-sized pipe. A frown of injured dignity crossed Valentine's face, but he took a seat at the left end of the table...
...that song! We could do very well without it, sir. This is a private club, and we frown on publicity of any sort...
Yale's definition of success excludes the man who too ardently seeks to get ahead. Elis frown on the "pusher." A heeler is thus in the disconcerting position of working night and day on an activity, and at the same time exuding the impression that he really isn't interested. As a result, Yalies often look apathetic and uninspired in performing their extra-curricular functions...
Having thus fortified himself against any charge that he was aiding a phony Russian peace offensive, Stassen softened his tone. Stalin, in effect, was urged to change his spots, lay down his gun, wipe the frown off his face, join the club and quit causing trouble in the U.N. Stassen guaranteed that the U.S. would not attack him without provocation. "If you doubt any of the things I say to you," he added, "I believe I can prove each point through . . . further conferences...