Word: mental
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Clapp that men & women have the same function as citizens and as members of the community . . . The primary function of woman in society is that of mother and homemaker, [and] her education should not completely blind her to the ultimate career which she will follow .... It is in the mental attitude of the woman when she is faced with the problems of the child and the home that the shortcomings of the college curriculum show up plainest. Her "broadened" mind is humiliated by the trivia of kitchen, baby, and husband which consume all of [her] precious time...
Five years ago, having reached his allotted three-score-years-and-ten, Somerset Maugham took a long look at himself, reached for his notebook, and jotted down a sort of bank balance of his mental and physical condition. It showed...
Nicholas Mavrides, one of the four men serving state prison sentences for the $50,000 smoke bomb theft from the Harvard Coop, has been recommended for 35 days of mental observation at the Bridgewater State Hospital...
...effect of the constantly shifting lineup has also been noticed in the mental attitudes of the players. The game with Dartmouth on Saturday was marked by the constant failure of the Crimson booters to beat their opponents to the ball. A brief moment of hesitancy when the ball is one the way can make an accurate pass go wild or to another player. Insecurity in a position, insufficient practice with the same eleven men, and a general air of discouragement seem to be the factors that are plaguing the freshman soccer team...
...attempting to grow fat, according to latest results, by poker-facedly beating a tattoo of 63,000 pecks in 13 steady hours. The time interval that the bird is working is being lengthened, and Dr. Skinner is attempting to learn when this bird will break down, exhibit signs of mental fatigue, and realize that the gambler's life...