Word: pass
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Much the same can be said for notes and outlines. Pre-digested material is practically useless for educational purposes. It can be carried in the head long enough to pass an examination; it can never be made part of a permanent store of knowledge...
...McNamara who last fall was a leader in the "City of Harvard" movement. Six weeks ago it was he who got the Council to pass a resolution requiring Mayor Lyons to appoint a citizens' committee to confer with University Hall. And it was the same McNamara who on Tuesday night reopened the question when he traced for the Council the tripling of Harvard's tax-exempt real estate value since...
...specially developed sand paint prevents reflection of sunlight from windows (which would catch the eye of an enemy aviator), but permits light to pass through them. The paint jobs are executed by C. & T. Painters, Ltd., who have circulated a handsome brochure with "before and after" color photographs. The price: around 18? per square yard of masquerade (but the British Government foots half the bill...
...their own towns know landmarks with less elevated associations: skyscrapers, banks, the saloon where the town boss held office, the hotel where politicians made their deals, the street corner where some brilliant newcomer was shot-the miscellaneous, nondescript, undistinguished scenes of local history which old-timers recognize and visitors pass without seeing...
Supporting a policy of no favoritism to any country engaged in war, the minority wanted the Congress to pass resolutions for prohibiting the sale of goods of any kind to belligerent nations; for forbidding American ships to travel to belligerents; and for stating that the U. S. would take no stand on collective security against forcible aggression unless it also advocated some technique for "peaceful change...