Word: grades
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Most grade students would give you a larger prime number ... by simply adding 2 to the one shown...
...evolution of the pelvis from fish to man, beginning with the fact that fish have hip-bones-rudimentary little rods unattached to the backbone but helping to support rear fins. Further improvement of the pelvis enabled amphibians to crawl, later animals to walk on all fours, humans and ortho-grade primates to walk upright. (Once possessors of good hips, whales reversed the process, lost most of the pelvis by taking to the water...
...race will take place over a mile and three quarters of the two and a half mile trail. The steepest single grade of the race is a twenty-five degree drop; the course averages a forty foot width. Base of operations will be the Mountaineering Club cabin on Mt. Washington and the race will begin at noon. From the placing at the finish of the race it is expected that the nucleus of the team will be selected by Coach Charles N. Proctor...
...sport clothes, trooped from the dance floor and lined up. Blushing attendants led them one by one to the proper spot. From a cautious distance 20 debutante milkers took turns pulling & squeezing at Nysia Maggie Titanic de Kol and Nysia Maid Gertrude, produced a total of one cupful of grade A milk...
...post because of scandalous rumors. On the second occasion, when friends warned him of impending trouble, Veblen fatalistically replied: "What is one to do if the woman moves in on you?" This philosophic detachment was typical of him. He was accustomed to giving all his students the same low grade, never checked their attendance, seldom set examinations. He discouraged ingenuous questions with: "I don't know, I'm not bothered that way." When his second wife enthusiastically embroiled herself in discussions on Socialism with other faculty wives, Veblen would remark that either side could find enough books in the library...