Word: halfe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...FACULTY intransigeance on grading is not what it seems. Two years ago, with Sizer's backing, the Faculty voted a laissez-faire policy on grading -- professors are completely free to decide whether or not they want to give finals or grades. Now, over half the Ed School's courses are ungraded, and the number increases yearly...
...Said London's Financial Times: "We may be moving towards first a balance and then a surplus in our foreign payments." With August's encouraging figures on hand, the Bank of England last week sought to speed up that movement by dropping the bank rate another one-half...
...festival may contain more costume jewelry than ever before. This year's program list is more notable for its absentees than for those in attendance: there are no British, Canadian or Oriental films. On the other hand, France is lopsidedly represented by twelve movies-half of the full-length features. The lack of balance may not be entirely the festival's fault. Some films were unavailable for screening: Hollywood, as usual, refused to provide any of its major productions; and Jacques Tali's new comedy, Playtime, is on 70-mm. film, too large for Lincoln Center...
...bius Strip. Some of the book's 14 pieces, nearly half of which have previously appeared in magazines, were designed for what is currently called mixed-media performance. To begin with, there is a do-it-yourself Möbius strip that reads (when cut, twisted and joined as instructed): "Once Upon A Time There Was A Story That Began Once Upon A Time There Was A Story That Began . . ." It could go on indefinitely, though once around is enough for anyone to get Barth's point about the cyclical nature of storytelling-or yarning, as he would...
...well as playing polo before the cameras. Winthrop and Snow Jr. also started for the regular Myopia Polo squad which swept the New England polo title last weekend. The other half of the championship squad will play for the special Myopia team in Sunday's game...