Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Atwell made his decision, explained Judge Rives, he thought that he was complying with a mandate issued by the appellate court. He was mistaken; the mandate did not necessarily compel immediate full-scale integration. It simply prohibited the barring of individual pupils from any particular school because of race. But even this limited kind of integration should not be put into practice until responsible school authorities, acting in good faith, feel that local conditions permit...
With group dynamics, a class need not cover any particular amount of ground, and must not treat the teacher as anything but a "resource person who sparks sharing or supplies material at a psychological time." "In a modern democratic society," say Hollis and Jeep, "the emotionally healthy learner seeks more and should seek more for the acceptance of his peers than for the acceptance of the teacher. Teacher approval tends to weaken peer approval." Students thought up most assignments, were "encouraged to do as much or as little reading as their individual needs seemed to require." The whole idea...
...will offer (subject to congressional approval) to relax the restrictions of the MacMahon Act in order to share with its NATO partners U.S. know-how in the military uses of atomic energy. It will also propose increased cooperation in scientific education, training and research, with particular emphasis on joint effort in weapons development and manufacture. Likely specific proposals: establishment of a NATO fund for educating budding scientists, establishment of a NATO missiles training and research center, an all-NATO program for exchange of weapons blueprints and designs...
Hillman stopped talking for a moment and glanced around his shop, his gaze resting for a moment on a browser. "I sell a lot of books to people who come in not wanting anything in particular. One thing that always hurts, though, is to see someone come across a book he obviously wants and just as obviously can't afford. I remember all too well the times at Cornell when I went hungry to buy books...
...only the trenchcoat model, but a variety of raincoats of Egyptian imported (via Britain) cotton are available to the well-dressed man this year. (Macintosh is the brand name to remember). This is of particular interest to the warm-blooded college man who tends to wear his raincoat for a year-round coat...