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Word: gens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rather superficial resemblance. It is true that both are concerned with the use of words to effectively communicate some insight or attitude. But in the case of rhetoric the stress falls on the rules of effectiveness, not on the relationship between intuition and verbalization. It is the difference between Gen Ed. A and English C: one has to do with general education, the other has to do with a specialized psychological skill...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: Creative Writing Comes of Age at Harvard | 2/19/1957 | See Source »

...several men in tail coats and top hats. Thus prepared, the audience was scarcely surprised to see Sarastro roaming the Temple of Wisdom in a business suit, or later sitting on Pamina's bed in a modern bedroom while singing the famed aria In Diesen Heil'gen Hallen with its Masonic message of brotherly love. In the background loomed towers of concentration camps, cages filled with ballet dancers, and an assortment of plain kitchen chairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Socialist-Realist Mozart | 2/11/1957 | See Source »

...most of all, they will extol the advantages of working on the CRIMSON. They will tell you that a CRIMSON competition serves even better than Gen Ed A to improve your ability to express your thoughts simply and clearly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON Opens Competition For All Four Boards Tonight | 2/11/1957 | See Source »

...upper level Gen Ed courses listed, only five are in the Natural Sciences, and only three of these do not have scientific prerequisites which effectively limit them to science concentrators. This is an insufficient number, especially when one notes that few if any of the regular science courses are suitable for the non-scientist who feels that some science, particularly broader principles and concepts, is essential to a liberal education in today's society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deconcentrating Science | 2/8/1957 | See Source »

...Gen. Melton A. Reckord, speaking for himself and three other generals who called on the President, said...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: National Guard Leaders Pleased By Ike's Promise at Conference; Hoover Advocates Cut in Budget | 2/5/1957 | See Source »

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