Word: objectionably
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Teaching English by pure "look-say" -the theory that children need only recognize shapes of whole words rather than individual letters or syllables-is discredited in the U.S.; 30 years of trying it produced two generations of bad spellers and etymological ninnies. But going back to pure phonics does not...
Two Live Cheaper. Probably the most meaningful change is the mellowing of attitudes toward mergers, which railroaders hope may eventually save them up to $1 billion a year. In the past two years the Government has approved two major mergers-the Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio linkup, as well as...
Mather's objection was in reality, based purely on principle for he had taken such oaths many times previously. All through his campaign he maintained that he had "no unwillingness to swear under conditions which make an oath appropriate." While a group of seniors circulated a petition supporting him, Mather...
When President Roosevelt was about to appoint Cordell Hull Secretary of State, five Democratic Senators complained that Hull was too idealistic for the job. The objection was unusual, and F.D.R. laughed it off; but this first biography of Hull shows that the Senators had a point.
A major objection to the present regulations appears to be the purely administrative problem of what to do when a thesis is dropped. The answer to administrative inconvenience, however, should not be sought in arbitrary rulings and deadlines. Instead of the current ambiguity, the Faculty should consider requiring a 5000...