Word: marked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Woods took the opening gun of a 300-yard medley outfit that set a new mark with 3:12.1. His 1:44.8 for the 150-yard distance took a fraction of a second off the best of Bob Drucker, made...
Pollster George Gallup moistened a finger and forecast unfavorable weather for the G.O.P. If a presidential election were held now, he reported, 51% of the nation's voters would mark the Democratic ticket. It was the first Democratic majority he had noted since last...
Died. Elizabeth Jordan, 79, onetime editor (Harper's Bazaar), turn-of-the-century sobsister whose New York World stories on the Lizzie Borden hatchet-murder trial were the sensation of the day; in Manhattan. Close friend of Henry James, Mark Twain, she "discovered" Sinclair Lewis, bought his first novel (for Harper & Bros.), edited him with a heavy blue pencil...
...possible participation. Cliques and bloes which thrive on low vote turnouts could more readily victimize the Councils. The use of the preferential ballot has been beneficial in preventing minority-backed candidates from finishing first. The present election procedure is by no means perfect in this respect, but it does mark departure from the antiquated idea that all political division is an evil...
Some measure of uniformity is obtained in large courses such as Government 1, where the section men meet and decide what material should be contained in a blue book in order for it to merit a given mark. This is only the beginning of the coordination that is required if marks are to be more than a rather arbitrary estimate. Intra-departmental conferences can set roughly approximate levels of work which would yield equivalent grades on the final examinations in the various courses within the department. The conferences should extend beyond departmental bounds to insure a degree of standardization...