Word: needlessness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...song that seems destined for the top these days is a composition entitled "My Restless Lover." A masterpiece of word economy, it uses a total vocabulary of twenty-four words. The lyrics are catchy, "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny come home. Johnny Guitar, why must you wander? Oh, Johnny, Johnny Guitar." Needless to say, the title was changed from "Johnny Guitar" to increase it emotional appeal. Another deft stroke for the trade was "You, you, you, I'm in love with you, you, you," a song whose pedestrian melody never caught the fire of its lyrics. There is a sleeper, just released...
Congratulations on your excellent article ... As a professor of air science, it was gratifying to see in print the story we have been trying to put across in the classroom for the past several years. Needless to say, the article is "required reading" for all of my students...
...only the union leader and the employer representative who are at fault. The insurance company and insurance agent or broker involved are also responsible . . . The insurance industry must police itself. If it does not do this effectively, there will inevitably be restrictive legislation. The elimination of excessive commissions, needless service fees and so-called 'administration fees' would automatically eliminate those who are in this field simply to exploit it with a 'public be damned' attitude ... A code of ethics should be developed and anyone violating that code should be prevented from participating in ... welfare plans-just...
Since General Education's inception in 1948, instructors have been plagued by the fact that many freshmen coming from superior schools are familiar with the material offered in the elementary courses in one or more of the three areas. To avoid this needless duplication, the Committee on Educational Policy, in its recommendations for a new, broad system of advanced standing and placement made two days ago, proposed that an exceptionally well prepared student be permitted to substitute one or two advanced courses for the elementary ones...
...value lies in its unifying approach to knowledge, not in the specific subjects studied. The advanced G. E. courses and many offered in the various departments follow this broad approach. An incoming student who enrolled directly in one of these advanced courses would not waste his time in needless repetition of previous work and at the same time would benefit from the more mature level of presentation. For this reason, the recommendations of the Educational Policy Committee are sound...