Word: generalizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Missouri's Democrat Cochran presented the House with a Reorganization bill of which not even thunder-gusty Columnist-General Hugh Johnson could complain. Eschewing aspects which aroused cries of "Dictator!" last session, the new measure simply invited the President to submit before Jan. 21, 1941 a plan to alter the executive establishment. The plan would become effective if Congress should not (without filibustering) veto it by majority vote in 60 days. Things which the President may not touch or have: Comptroller-General's office, Civil Service Commission, Department of Public Welfare or Works, more than six administrative assistants...
Peter J. Chenevy '41, James E. Meredith, Jr., '42, Samuel R. Sheppard '41, and Robert W. Woodward '40 were elected to a general committee. Plans for the club's Spring production, to be given the first week in May, are well under...
Woody's band, previously discussed in this column, plays excellent jazz, both Dixicland and colored style, has good soloists including Woody himself (clarinet), and in general makes for very interesting listening and dancing...
Questioned on the technique of eating goldfish, Withington put forward two main theories: immediate mastication which provides for the best general digestive results, or a decisive gulp which has the virtue of getting the fish down. But for the latter system Leafy warned provision must be made to kill the fish once in the stomach, best done by some strong beverage, such as lead...
...most significant aspect of this move to broaden selection from the ranks of university graduates is the change in service examinations from highly specific quizzes to general tests. Thus the government will follow the brilliant example of the English system in requiring of candidates some evidence of broad intellectual attainment instead of technical knowledge. While this method of examination may be an effective bar against the entrance of mediocrities in the service, its use in England proves that it can be undemocratic in excluding the less educated classes. However, the easier accessibility to a college education in this country than...