Word: magnas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...through, Brando handicaps himself with a fiercely concentrated acting style more suitable for great occasions. He seems determined to play not just a man but a whole concept of humanity, and Saxon's brazen theft of the hoss soon looms as a cause equal in significance to the Magna Carta or the Declaration of Human Rights. Though Saxon ropes Brando, drags him through a stream, and presses his forearm onto a scorpion during an Indian wrestling match, Brando survives to get away with the girl, get on his horse and get off a well-aimed parting shot...
...different interests, different friends, and in certain ways, better records, were not elected. Upon questioning other sources, I found that such occurrences were not unusual. Men with under 9. averages had been elected, while those close to 11. had been rejected; cum laude candidates had been elected over magna candidates; men who had dropped theses, but had friends, had made it over the magna graduates who had sweated those long, often difficult hours, in the libraries...
...marked her 86th birthday at her home in Easton, Conn., 27 states joined in celebrating Helen Keller Day. Among the many good wishes was one from Lady Bird Johnson: "It must give you enormous satisfaction to look back on what you have achieved, which is nothing less than a Magna Carta of opportunity for the handicapped. We are all very much your debtor in a way that cannot be repaid...
When all the dignitaries have passed, the seniors and candidates for graduate degrees will follow them into the Theatre. Of the College's graduates, 67 per cent will receive honors: 181 cum laude in general studies, 309 cum laude in a field, 210 magna cum laude, 14 magna cum laude with highest honors, and 45 summa cum laude...
Under the present system, degrees are granted according to academic honors (B.A., cum laude, magna, cum laude, and summa cum laude). Students are given their diplomas alphabetically within each category. The new system would change this to alphabetical order regardless of honors, except that summa degrees would be given separately. (Last year, only six students graduated summa...