Word: objectives
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...Fourth Symphony. The Boston Globe critic was even more approving; he pronounced her "a true find." Scowled the Herald's Elie: "I find it difficult to accept the notion that any lady flute player could ever succeed Georges Laurent either as an artist or as an object of such veneration among...
...found that "key officials" in the state government were receiving too little pay. "I adopted the practice of making gifts, usually around Christmas time, to a small number of key executives who were making sacrifices to stay in the state government ... I need not point out that the single object of these gifts was to improve the quality of public administration in Illinois." Total of the gifts: $18,150 (exactly $85 less than the Nixon fund...
Since many Protestants object to changing a jot or a tittle of the King James wording, Chairman Luther Weigle, dean emeritus of Yale Divinity School, and his fellow translators prepared a full statement of their guiding principles. Its substance: not only is the text of the King James version weighed down with old words and phrases, not used in modern English, but the Greek and Hebrew texts on which it is based were often faulty and sometimes misleading. "The Greek New Testament they used," says Dean Weigle, "had five to six thousand errors...
Burr Hall's copious floodlights and well-aimed spots are ideal for the cram-weary undergraduate. Some may object, however, to the seats, which are set at such an angle that no one has much trouble peeking over his neighbor's shoulder. This should scare no one. If the Registrar assigns to Burr only courses which deal in imprecise, general topics, unlike Calculus or Physics, no examgoer will have time enough to crib anything worth the risk involved...
...Object Lesson. In Las Vegas, N.Mex., a tow car pulled in a wrecked convertible with a "Be Careful" highway marker wedged tight between the hood and the engine...