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Word: partings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...took the test in Spanish, which I figured I had a shot at passing after 8 years of the stuff. The written part was uneventful; at the least the words looked familiar. But the oral comprehension was another matter. "Pedro--" began the woman on the tape, promisingly. "Yatakatakatakatakatakatakatakataka." "Dios mio!" came the response. "Yatakatakatakatakatakataka." I gave up after the second line and just laughed. I was not alone. Some guy got up and did the flamenco. My score on the test was 415, which, by the law of averages, I would have scored on the placement test in Urdu...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Guide to Freshman Week | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

These committees are considered part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Dean Henry Rosovsky chairs CHUL; Glen W. Bowersock '57, dean of undergraduate education, chairs CUE; various faculty member chair the CRR on a rotating basis...

Author: By J.wyatt Emmerich, | Title: Alphabet Soup for Junior Politicians | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

Chayes opened the missile and aircrew operations to women and helped pass the G.I. Bill Improvement Act which gave veteran status to women Air Force service pilots who performed military duty during World War Two but were never considered part of the military...

Author: By Pamela Mccuen, | Title: Alumna Named Undersecretary | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...Part of the problem stems from the people Lamont seems to have talked to, or enjoyed talking to, or remembered talking to. This man has radar for the asshole and sonar for the emotional cripple. Consider this quote from a Harvard sophomore: "Taking on a girl is like taking on a fifth course." Or this passage...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Foreign Correspondent | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...directors looked around for slightly built older actresses. When the film version of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita appeared in 1962, it was considered scandalous that Sue Lyon, a not particularly slight 14 when she was selected for the role, was so young. Actually she was old to play the part, because Nabokov's Humbert Humbert was fascinated by seductive little girls only until they reached puberty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood's Whiz Kids | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

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