Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During Congress' first month in session, the President had found a method of giving Congress its full responsibility, without seeming to abdicate in its favor. This week he learned that, according to a Gallup poll, 48% of the people now think he is doing a good job-a rise of 16 points since last October. This did not alter the fact that most political observers still think the voters will want a change...
...Shampoo. He. was also a master tactician. He discarded the hit-&-run tactics of earlier carrier raids, and developed the technique of wearing down the enemy's defenses, winning control of the air, and then slugging. Flyers called his method of blasting enemy airfields the "Mitscher shampoo." In their flexibility, his battle plans were a bewilderment to the Japs...
Some of the lithographs-printed in series from the same stone-showed Picasso's method of starting realistically, then distilling and distorting his subjects into something horrendous (or sometimes absurdly simple). The first print of Picasso's Bull, at the Museum, looked solid and sensible enough to illustrate a children's picture book. The sixth stage of the same lithograph was an airy arrangement of less than a dozen thin lines which looked as innocent as a Cro-Magnon cave painting -but less knowing. Another series of nine lithographs, entitled Two Figures, began as a rather sweet...
...addition to publishing the Bulletin, the Council Committee is preparing a report on the number of foreign students at the University, the method of selecting and taking care of them, and the number of foreign scholarships awarded here...
Most foolproof method, but unfortunately limited to women, Editor Bryson wrote, is "the silk stocking system." It involves hiding prepared notes "in the tops of stockings directly beneath the skirt, which is shyly and slyly raised when help is needed" and then modestly pulled down whenever a proctor passes. "The professor is obviously stymied in the matter of proof or investigation...