Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Unlike Japan, censorship in the U.S.S.R. is a very real factor. The approved method of gathering news, Hindmarsh said, is for a foreign correspondent to take a brief "rumor story" relayed to him from his home office, expand it into a long "dispatch," and take it down to the censor. If he approves it, the correspondent throws it away. If he disapproves, the correspondent knows the rumor is true. If he merely mumbles, the reporter has to guess...
...South players and East and West players move after each round, so that each pair competes against every other pair. In the consolation match the Mitchell system in which North and South players remain stationary and last and west players move after every round, was employed. This is the method which was used in the qualifying rounds of the tournament...
People in this vicinity would probably like to know the real situation behind the Committee for Electoral Reform. It may be either a group of sincere men who honestly believe that the Senior Class method of nominations is unbearable, or a conspiracy to rectify the fact that some of its friends were not elected and to nominate more and other friends...
...attempt to encourage a classical background. The average concentrator is left to his own devices while the superior student who can better choose his own needs is handicapped. It is hoped that sometime in the not-too-distant future the English Department will either find a better method of encouragement or consign classical requirements to the ash-can where they belong...
Perhaps most radical change suggested in the statement is the declaration that "we oppose a method of election whereby a candidate with a slight margin, frequently one or two votes, is declared elected even though he has polled nothing resembling a majority of the votes cast...