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Word: methodically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Critical of the examination system which permits students to "stuff themselves with the necessary information, spew it forth on a blue book the following morning, and promptly forget it," the lead article in the Student Union publication said that the University would have to make radical changes in the method of teaching and examining before the tutoring schools could be eliminated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROGRESSIVE REFUSES TO DECLINE TUTORING ADS | 5/6/1939 | See Source »

Bitterly denouncing the "Munich Method" on the one hand, and isolation on the other, the author holds that his solution is the only one and offers fewer difficulties and dangers than these two alternatives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clarence Streit, Author of "Union Now," Explains His Proposal for a Federation of the Democracies | 5/4/1939 | See Source »

Latest in the never-ending stream of De Mille productions, "Union Pacific"-- now at the Met--is like all his others in the grand scale of its theme and the fragmentary method of presentation. The cast of thousands, the romanticized history, the premeditated lavishness and panoramic effect--these are all present. But the story, which concerns the building of America's first transcontinental railroad, is amenable to this sort of treatment; and the screen version has been made with unusually great attention to detail. As a result, the atmosphere of frontier times--composed of the amusing savagery of the Indians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/4/1939 | See Source »

...prisoners coming out of jails and reformatories every year, their handling by the different States is of vital concern to the country. Said he: "We know from experience that parole, when it is honestly and expertly managed, provides better protection for society than does any other method of release from prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Hush Week | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

According to the amendment, "The names of all nominees shall be publicized without any distinction as to method of nomination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Council Reforms Nomination Machinery to Halt 'Self-Perpetuation' | 4/27/1939 | See Source »

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