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...dramatic creation, Joan herself scarcely comes off. Shaw sought to make her real by making her realistic, by having her talk patois and slang and call the Dauphin "Charlie." But by making her so much like other people, he did not lessen her mystery; he merely weakened her magnetism...
...Harvard also, examinations do not come until the end of the year, while Yale has mid-year finals which provide a more regular check for the student, and which lessen the amount of review work he must do in preparation. Grades are more important at Harvard than at Yale too. Only a relatively small percentage of the class is eligible for the Law Review, the Board of Student Advisers, and the Legal Aid Bureau-the most important extra-curricular activities...
...Government was doing little to lessen the confusion. Only three weeks after assuring civilian goods producers that they would be cut back no further this year, Defense Production Administrator Manly Fleischmann last week reversed himself. He issued new steel allocations for the fourth quarter, which will slash auto output another 5% (from 65% to 60% of the first half of 1950), and pinch off production of other civilian durable goods from 70% to 65%. To add to the confusion, DPA took the same chance it had before: it allocated almost 15% more steel for the fourth quarter than will...
...other professor now in the University has taught a major course so long. The dropping of this course from Holcombe's schedule will not lessen his teaching load, for he will take on a graduate course in its place. Carl J. Friedrich, professor of Government, will lecture in Government 1b next spring...
Forbes, who has been teaching at Northeastern since 1948, said popularity polls among students could improve instruction, and lessen objections to the system of permanent tenure...