Word: manner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...talent. The second major change was the introduction of the House system, which improved the quality of life for many students and enabled them to take full advantage of an undergraduate body of such diverse backgrounds and interests. The third and final change was the slow transformation in the manner of teaching College courses so as to emphasize the analysis of complex problems from different points of view instead of simply concentrating on mastering facts and acquiring information...
...Morgan is a man loopy with love for his new country, and the result is a book that is both refreshing and breathless. It has been a long time since anyone serenaded the present reality of the U.S. in such a hyperbolic manner. He cheers on conservatives who roar for less government and more cops, grumpily defending a dream of frontier capitalism. He applauds liberals-writing their concerned letters to the editor, demanding more government and less repression, peering worriedly at the future. To Morgan these factions do not reveal a paralysis of opposed fears but a lively and profitable...
Known for her composed, calm attitude even in the face of tennis disaster, Evert stormed back with five straight games, patiently working the back line in her patented, mechanical manner. Goolagong, who prefers a more aggressive style of play, lost all the momentum of the opening games and virtually handed over two service breaks and the first set to Evert...
...students is to engage in rational dialogue to clarify that recruitment from oppressed groups serves the University's interest (or that failure to recruit will eventually be detrimental). More important, minority students must thoroughly understand the environment of the University and act on issues of concern in a calculated manner, from a strong base of support within and outside the University...
...would like to aks what fields Gunther has in mind when he says that "in many fields it is three times as easy for a woman to get a job than for a man." Can affirmative action be dismissed in so facile a manner...