Word: habitant
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...important because it works with some facts that other pictures have preferred to ignore. One is that Negroes, like whites, may react to persecution with lead pipes instead of neuroses. Another is that race riots have their own logic, that discrimination is not merely a habit of thought or a result of faulty reasoning. Finally, men fighting for life cannot be exhorted or "educated" to a peaceful adjustment. "Ain't it a lot," says the leader of the colored gang, "asking us to be better than they are, when we get killed trying to be as good...
...Lysistrata requires a larger cast than Idler has been in the habit of using. Dean Small doubted whether sufficient talent was available to select a cast capable of giving a satisfactory performance...
Colonel Charles P. Summerall Jr. and Colonel Stephen E. Stancisko, commanding officers of the R.O.T.C. at Harvard and Yale respectively, are both seasoned soldiers who would never make it a habit to disregard suggestions from topside. But when it came to the latest Army Department gimmick for luring college men into R.O.T.C., Colonels Summerall and Stancisko drew the line. The gimmick: a stickily written little comic book which R.O.T.C. commanders were authorized to distribute to incoming freshmen...
...newspapermen, and social seers judge his every act and opinion, be it on academic freedom, the draft, finances, the purpose of higher education, or the size of colleges. President Conant suggests that it takes about six years before a university president finds sitting in his hot seat becomes a habit. Alfred Whitney Griswold, the recently elected president of Yale, considers Conant's appraisal the best encouragement...
...championships of San Gabriel Valley High Schools. Because of his size, wiry Willie determined to be a jockey, got his first job as an exercise boy on a California ranch three years ago. From the day he brought home his first winner, in April 1949, Willie has made a habit of being either the leading rider or the leading apprentice at every track he has raced...