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...between aptitude and later results. The result of trying to forecast law school results on the basis of college records tabulated for over ten years seems to be that "a poor performance in college is an indication of a lessened chance of success in law school." Yet one cannot interpret the data to mean that a person who gets A's in college will necessarily do well in law school. The figures can only be used as an indication of lessened chances of success rather than as guarantees...
...read Pundit Lippmann's column in full. He too made the statement, which he signally failed to support with any evidence, that this country's people have changed in their attitude toward war during recent months. Now you say the same thing; or at least I so interpret your rather awkward sentence; though you do not say whose attitude has been changed, or how many attitudes...
...music is stilted, affected, but sincere; that's what we're trying to interpret in the dancing," Virginia Schroeder, dance director, said. The male dancing chorus spent part of yesterday evening learning to jump off a bench gracefully and in unison...
Almost without exception the newspapermen state a wish to take a course of study which will enable them to understand and interpret current developments in labor, government finance, New Deal legislation, and federal regulation of business and agriculture...
...from us to decry the immense popularity which Wagner has enjoyed, during the last few years. The great voice of Mme. Kirsten Flagstad is perfectly adapted to interpret such roles as Brunnhilde and Isolde; and it is largely to the Norwegian soprano's credit that Wagner has zoomed to the heights of favor in this country. Proof that Boston is still Wagnerian minded is demonstrated by the fact that already the seats for "Tristan," "Parsifal,"and "Lohengrin" are completely sold...