Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recent talkathon with U.S. Senator Humphrey, Khrushchev had hinted of impending police changes. "Come back next year," he had said, "and you won't see so many policemen around the place." This particular cop would be neither missed nor mourned...
...particular peeve is that science students must cram themselves with a classical language. "I'm not saying there aren't minds that don't expand with the classics," he said. "But all real advances in knowledge come from people who are doing what they like to do. We all know the effect on children of compulsory spinach and compulsory rhubarb; it's the same with compulsory learning. They say, 'It's spinach and to hell with...
...main speakers at the seminar will be President Emeritus James B. Conant, who will address a general assembly on the topic, "Modern Foreign Languages in the High School Curriculum." According to Miss Marjorie H. Nicholson, chairman of the conference's arrangement committee, Conant's speech is of particular importance because of "the pyramiding belief that the teaching of modern languages is as vital to America's future as the teaching of science...
...ideal program would focus on the needs of the non-Honors group in the House, could be freely attended by anyone in the House interested in a particular subject, and would be organized and conducted by tutors in related fields. A "Social Sciences Tutorial," for example, would include economics tutors, government tutors, and social relations tutors. If it were good enough, it might draw a number of English and physics majors to meetings...
...latter prank in particular stimulated fresh Administration interest, although the publication denies that these were official stunts...