Word: numbers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Martin. I...uh...couldn't get his number, so I guess I'll just have to break our date...
Jean repeated herself, this time a little louder: "I couldn't get his number, so I'll just have to break out date...
...Well...yeah...except I don't know where he lives, and he didn't leave his phone number...
Choosing a Room. Make a reasoned, conservative estimate of the number of students likely to enroll in your course, then secure a room capable of holding two-thirds that quantity. Don't attempt to substitute guesswork for arithmetic here, as a larger room will make students feel too important, and a smaller one may drive them away. At the first meeting, inform your overflow crowd that it will be possible to admit only a small fraction thereof; then ask each applicant to submit a brief autobiography plus a 25-word statement on the subject "Why I'm anxious to take...
...criticized the two-pager in great detail, and marked it stiffly; thus student were driven to invest a good deal of time into the thirty-pager--only to get it back ungraded, with the comment. "I don't think one can measure an effort of this sort by a number or letter...