Word: pecked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...headlines proclaimed that the U.S. Army Air Forces had opened "a new American front," the first on which U.S. crews in U.S. planes could strike directly at Hitler. The fact was that U.S. airmen, flying from R.A.F. bases in North Africa, were in position to peck at the Axis anywhere from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. But there were not yet enough men and planes in evidence to do much more...
...officers are: President Jerry M. Brown '44, of Leverett House; Editorial Charman William Snower Jr. '44, of Lowell House; Feature Editor Howard D. Sharpe '44, of Kirkland House; and Business Manager Donald I. Fine '44, of Lowell House. Also announced were the elections to the Editorial Board of Ira Peck '44, of Kirkland House; and Mitchell I. Goodman '45, of Thayer Hall...
...Peck '44, Edward S. Peterson '43, Arthur H. Phelan...
...practical man rather than a theorist, Peck laid down no rules, treated his Manhattan pupils as individuals, insisted only that they work as hard as serious adults. He sent them clambering over Manhattan docks and rooftops, told them to draw and paint what they saw, criticized their results with adult solemnity. When one artist insisted on signing each of his landscapes "An Original by Myerson" in large letters, Teacher Peck didn't even crack a smile...
Unlike most enthusiasts about children's art, Peck scoffs at any comparison with adult painting, believes firmly that the work of his moppets should be put in its place. Worried that they might get delusions of grandeur, he avoided telling them about their exhibition, hoped they wouldn't go near it. Said...