Word: handly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the first three strokes had been rowed, with the CRIMSON shell knifing to an early lead, the 'Poon cox raised his hand, and the starter, himself an officer of the humor magazine, called for a new start. Again the Crimeds shot ahead...
...diplomat 35 41 Lawyer 75 109 Business Executive 212 253 Contractor 12 7 Own Store 34 34 Business for self, not store 70 45 Insurance, Real Estate 20 14 Salesman (employee) 60 37 Skilled technician 30 20 Foreman, factory supervisor 18 13 Clerical Office worker 65 53 Laborer, factory hand 57 40 Public worker 10 10 Farmer 11 19 Housekeeper, Housewife 19 14 Unemployed 8 1 Retired 7 21 Miscellaneous 2 1 None listed 27 25 Total 1116 1128 Note shift in admissions toward sons of parents in "professions...
...other hand, Robert G. McCloskey, professor of Government, stressed the need for making incoming "rote scholars" more adventurous. He had "mild reservations" however, about substituting seminars or tutorials for regular courses. These regular courses "may be just what the doctor ordered for Freshmen," he said...
...emphasizing the worth of college. Several times he has called for "recruitment" of college-worthy students from low-income areas, students who rarely go beyond secondary school and who lack the preparation provided by college-oriented high schools and prep schools. Harvard thus seems to be playing one hand against the other: first, encouraging applications from ill-prepared students; and second, having to deny or question seriously admitting these applicants...
...other hand, "there's no doubt that on the whole American actors and directors take their job much more seriously and devoutly than English ones do... I admire this unreservedly.... The result when it's seen onstage is nearly always exciting, but you often get the feeling that the whole thing has been cooked up in a hermetically sealed oven. But that is the defect of a great virtue, which is work, work, work...