Word: learne
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sign of feeling that he can sit tight on the question of Angola. No dictator is King Leopold of the Belgians. Announced his Foreign Minister Spaak: "Should the question arise, Belgium is prepared to defend the colony (Belgian Congo) with all the means within our power. From London we learn that the British viewpoint would never admit an accord detrimental to other countries...
...sooner was Belgium's new Cabinet installed (see above) than Belgians were startled to learn last week that their King had again gone to England, where he had only just made a State visit (TIME, Nov. 29), following his treaty-making visit a few months before (TIME, April 5). This time handsome young Leopold III, 36, traveled with his mother, Queen Elisabeth, and both got bad colds, sore throats on a cold, rough Channel crossing. In strict incognito they went to stay at Welbeck Abbey with their friends of many years, the Duke of Portland & family...
Soon Dr. Thorndike abandoned animals and began to study children, who learn, he found, in the same way as animals. Later he branched out into such varied activities as studying handwriting, counting words, designing intelligence and aptitude tests for the Army in 1917. By 1926, when his admirers attempted to sum up Dr. Thorndike's work in a special issue of the Teachers College Record, it took 15 eminent scholars in as many fields of learning to appraise his contributions to psychology and education, 25 more to annotate his writings. He has turned out some 40 books, more than...
Many beginners are under the illusion-that waxing is just for experts who want their skis to glide exceptionally fast and that they can learn much better on slow skis. This is wrong, as one has much better control over a fast gliding ski and besides a ski that is not properly waxed will run unevenly in jerks, which makes it much harder to maintain one's balance. A good waxing job, while gliding smoothly downhill, will "bite" on walking uphill, thus preventing to some extent backsliding and saving considerable energy...
Born in Poland in 1876, he began to learn the art of music in babyhood, and as a small boy studied with Anton Rubinstein. His career commenced when he was nine years old. Mr. Hofmann has composed music in large and small forms, and has written books on piano playing...