Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...session and set off the sirens to clear the galleries, the entire Communist body swarmed around the rostrum. Center and right Deputies tried to leave the chamber, but the Communists hemmed them in, punching and kicking. A former M.R.P. minister, Fran-gois de Menthon, was knocked down, trampled and, minus two teeth, was taken to a hospital. The Communists stayed in the chamber all night...
LeBaron, who had hurt his throwing arm in practice, threw only six passes. His famed double-spin as T-formation quarterback was rusty and his sleight-of-hand fakery ineffective as his line kept caving in. His net yardage from scrimmage was minus 43; Celeri's was almost as bad-minus 39. After the game, LeBaron made the day's most sensible observation: "There's no substitute for a coach." But the highly partisan crowd was happy; LeBaron...
...varsity hockey team returned to action last night at the Arena, minus the services of its best defenseman, Algy Allen, and its top goal scorer, Bill Garrity. They lost to BU, 6 to 4. Nevertheless, they played sixty minutes of their best hockey of the season on the forward lines and John Chase was superb in the goal...
Some graders complain that their marking is too subjective an operation for explanation. They are not being fair to the student who is certainly entitled to know why he received a C plus instead of a B minus. But if the graders will not tell him why, or at least let him fully examine his booklet--take it home if he wants--the student cannot be expected to know how to do better the next time. The student should get a chance to learn something from the examination process that will help him when finals next come round...
Otto von Bismarck, and Lincoln minus his wart...