Word: lauded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ineptitudes. What makes The Ugly American a bestseller? Why do the movies hurry it into extravagant production? It is that mood that leads men to spend two whole weeks making a thoroughgoing and complete examination of the educational system of the Soviets (through Russian interpreters) and come home to laud its strongest points while comparing them with our weakest...
...that "cutty stool" towards the head of my distant, illustrious relative, Dean James Hanna, who was reading the Collect for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity. It was July 23, 1637, and the people in St. Giles excitedly awaited the service book, which had been revised and "stamped" by Archbishops Laud and Wren. Its sponsors chose the most explosive hour possible. Thus, the infamous Jenny hurled the stool (see cut) and cried: "How dare you to say 'mass' to my lug [ear]?" The dean beat a hasty retreat, but Jenny's signal touched off a riot. In spite...
William Ross, Member of Parliament, stated that the exchange of ideas between the United States and Great Britain, both economic and intellectual, was greater now than at any time in the past. He went on to laud America for the Marshall Plan, which he called "a plan which has saved western Europe from Communism...
...Thought behind this project is to extol mental prowess in the same spirit that usually prevails on the athletic fields. Students from ninth to twelfth grades are eligible to compete. This year 801 high-school students, representing 73 high schools, took part in the tournament. High-school teachers, who laud the experiment, say that many of their students "aim for" the tournament throughout the entire year, whetting their interest in the subject...
...architecture to aid them with the remodeling of the Funster ping-pong room. We find to our surprise, however, that the House Committee does not wish to be credited with sly jesting and claims to have done nothing funny. This modesty is commendable and refreshing and we can laud the Committee for that, anyway...