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Word: hymarxes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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...that the instructor is forced arbitrarily to divide his material into one hour periods. Such divisions tend to present the student with an unorganized mass of facts which are supposed to constitute a course. Evidence supporting this view can be drawn from the increased reliance on such crutches as "Hymarx," not because they contain the facts about a course, but because they present it as an integrated unit. This lack of organization can also be found at the next level--the field of concentration. A student takes a number of courses in a given field, which may cover an extremely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The College Scene | 12/16/1947 | See Source »

...Just like a Hymarx," mused Veterans Theater Workshop official Mendy Weisgal when he heard that England's famed "Old Vic" had agreed to send the local group its own prompt script of Henry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Old Vic Sends VTW Pony of 'Henry IV' | 9/23/1947 | See Source »

...their telephones as the first move in elaborate fall marital preparations. One summed up the group attitude with the view that it was easier to face married life with a college degree to loan on. All agreed it would be easier to diaper junior with hands free from a Hymarx Outline...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Reenforcements Roll In | 7/1/1947 | See Source »

Local pedestrians will have to consult their hymarx on glacier-fording and pray for no snow--at least for the remainder of this winter. The Cambridge snow disposal department, reaching for the collected works of a strong figure in the naturalist school, former Mayor Russell of Cambridge, says that as far as ice deposits on "unimportant" Cambridge streets are concerned, "God put it there and God will take it away." Coming in an era of atom bombs, Mark I automatic calculators, and, of all things, snow removal machines, such an attitude seems to take on definite defeatist implications. One might...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ice Age | 1/24/1947 | See Source »

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