Word: manner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...specific attack was made by Zimmerman upon the manner in which "marriage" courses are taught in general. The tendency to popularize, rather than to "stick to the scientific truths" of the matter has made most courses in marriage useless, he asserted...
...bungling management--and it can only be called bungling when Yardlings are rudely jarred out of their sleep of a Monday morning to decide a matter of such weighty proportions--Freshmen have shown their ability to arrive at the one rational answer. And have answered in such a sweeping manner that none can doubt their conviction, that none can ignore their mandate...
Again anent the New Zealand egg story: Ewell Shields wishes to know what manner of man can be quiet enough, long enough, to hatch an egg by body warmth (TIME...
...manner of his doing it was a small thing. No small thing, however, were the circumstances that dictated the manner. The President was treading cautiously because Government economy and the "appeasement" of business (see p. 11), including the repeal of burdensome taxes, had become serious issues within his own party, even within his own Administration. Democrats who could not be ignored had taken a stand that could not be ignored. And the leader of these Democrats was that supposedly greatest of nonentities, a Vice President...
...Defendant Dr. Humberd claimed that Robert had a pituitary tumor at the base of his brain, which "soured his attitude towards life" and prevented him from coordinating his muscles. He contrasted the stumbling, shuffling manner in which Robert maneuvered his 495 Ib. with the "easy grace" of Jack Earle, who, he said, was normal. He added that Robert had difficulty in swallowing, that his voice was weak and mumbling, that he had no feeling in certain parts of his body...