Word: minors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nassau journalists were not without their minor tragedies. In an especially vigorous scrimmage last week against the editors of the Daily Dartmouth, 23 of the Princetonian starters were crippled or killed. Among these were...
Little by little, due to what the Princetonian quaintly calls "innumerable broken bones," the sprees acquired regulations. Today they are little more than minor Olympic matches with the Sophomores and Freshmen fielding teams in touch football, softball, track, and topping it off with wrestling bouts for the possession of the grand old cane...
...picture is significant in a larger context. Very possibly, it was the Englishman's concern with such minor themes as the Pipit that enabled him to preserve his perspective during the war. This important aspect is conveyed, not in melodramatic buzz-bomb sequences, but in small-town scenes, and indicates the cogency of Rank's approach. The Pipit's sincere saga does more than just muddle through--it scores a tweedy triumph...
...Minor political figures, as in the Washington Hollywood probe," elaborated Hooton, "try to capitalize on the publicity value of the personalities they examine at the expense of the public." He put himself on the record as opposed to Communism, but did not believe that "investigations" were the best method of registering opposition...
...modern pedagogues are so much "poppycock." "Keep 'em happy. That's their motto. But dammit, there's no easy road to learning." His masters, who sir him as the students do, conduct their classes with Victorian formality, emphasize the Scriptures, Greek and Latin: Boys who break minor rules are punished by extra work. Those who commit more serious offenses get a caning in the headmaster's office...