Word: idea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...general feeling was, however, that if the Council had full control, a drive run by P.B.H. would be a good idea. As one member put it, "people interested in charity gravitate toward P.B.H.; those interested in politics gravitate toward Student Council...
Grades suggest immediately that the ideas and facts taught are not in themselves interesting or at least are not interestingly taught. Grades also bolster the dubious idea that what is worth knowing about a given subject has limits, and that these limits are easily attained. The A symbolizes them, and may thus discourage further study...
...realization of President A. Whitney Griswold's hope that "just as democracy puts the fulfillment of opportunity up to its citizens, the new Yale College program puts the fulfillment of opportunity up to its students." The Scholar of the House program goes further, but both support Griswold's idea that for "the student of unusual maturity and ability... nothing short of maximum challenge will evoke a maximum response...
...using anything from a paint pot to her foot to gain her effects, she occasionally relaxes by switching to a meticulous landscape or realistic self-portrait. Says Painter Frankenthaler of her abstract work, "I just start to see what happens. You want clues? There are no clues. No idea makes a picture good...
...session after five years of talking about it. Deposits have slipped 45% over past decade to $1.7 billion, and Postmaster General Summerfield says 47-year-old plan, started when banks were not available in many places (and often not trusted), has outlived usefulness. Some opposition to Summerfield's idea is coming from postal employees' groups and A.F.L.-C.I.O...