Word: performing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...between sportsmanship and competitive spirit, intensified by national rivalries. There was a deeper and grimmer game afoot: for some "iron cur tain" countries, like Rumania and Yugoslavia, competition had become almost a matter of life & death; some athletes were nervous about going back home if they didn't perform up to snuff. Soviet Russia sent no competitors, only a vigilante squad of ten observers...
...case, I believe that honest analysis and courageous criticism are the most important functions that the press has to perform. Unfortunately, in the country at large the press is abdicating both functions, largely because it serves the special interests of a small class. In relation to the Harvard community, the CRIMSON is in a much happier position. It is not subject to directives from above, and it has no special interests to serve. Let the editors on this Seventy-fifth Anniversary look into their consciences and ask themselves if they are really making the most of their opportunities. They...
Hirohito won admiring attention from the Nippon Times, which disclosed to its readers that the emperor was one of the few men in the world who can take a fan between his toes and fan himself. What is more, pursued the Times, "he is able to perform this stunt while swimming...
...request of Dean Bender that the Council is undertaking the project of sampling College opinion on the subject. In its investigation it will be guided by three basic questions: (1) Does the grade system perform a necessary educational function? (2) What effect on the student's work in a course does the preparation for hour exams and mid-term papers have and (3) what, if any, is the simplest, most inexpensive grading system...
...licks in early: "Inflation and the high cost of living confront the American people-all the American people-with a grave danger. Unchecked inflation can bring on a serious depression that can cause untold hardship. . . . The American people look to the Congress to pass legislation adequate to perform this all-important task. I trust that when the Congress returns it will promptly enact an effective, workable program...