Word: marked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...harbor in the dark of the moon on June 3. Everything went wrong. Eight of the ten torpedoes with which Hobson had planned to scuttle his ship refused to explode. The Spaniards were execrable marksmen, but they shot away his rudder chains and the Merrimac drifted helplessly past its mark into open harbor. There two Spanish torpedoes sank it in a spot where it did no one any harm...
Failure to grant section men latitude under such kinetic conditions will bring great injustice. Insistence on torturing marks to square with the established percentages puts instructors under the unstated compulsion of keeping men outside the pale of a passing mark. The Government One staff should be allowed complete freedom in marking for the next year. During this moratorium they could observe whether the quality of work continues to improve. If the present tide ebbs, the level of marks would automatically equate with the curve. But if the improvement should prove permanent Professor Holcombe could then consider changing the course standards...
...Brian Aherne safe from war though he is the leader of the rebellion. The tragedy is intensified in that the very strength of their love is the cause of his shooting. The radicals in the rebelling forces believe that Aherne signs a peace treaty because of love, and they mark him for a traitor's death. Through the whole movie runs the note of inevitable tragedy ominous events follow each other rapidly--, and the sympathy of the audience is high pitched for the lovers caught in a net of death. At the first run in New York the ending...
...Jones averages record that on Dec. 12, 1936 the price of bonds reached the highest level in U. S. history. On that day the averages went above 106, which was more than 40 points above the Depression low. Failing to break its previous mark in a January rally, the bond market has been headed steadily downward ever since. After a wide-open break in Government issues last week there were few who dared predict that bond prices would better their old highs during the life of the present business cycle...
Complete refutation of the popular belief that football coaches loaf around the campus after the final whistle blows to mark the end of the football season can be obtained on every U. S. college campus if you take the time to follow the coach of your school around for a while. Our University of Minnesota correspondent had to rest for almost week after he followed Champion-maker Bernie Bierman around for a few days to get this exclusive COLLEGIATE DIGEST PHOTO-FEATURE...