Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...poorer marks. And in a comparison between two test groups of equal I.Q.'s--one of which had TV sets at home and one which did not--it was discovered that the latter averaged 19 percent better in grades than did the group exposed to living room TV. Further proof as to the accuracy of this survey comes from the discovery that boys, who spent longer hours watching television than girls, suffered a more severe drop in marks...
...student body at Cambridge. Its character is substantially affected by our inactivity. Our duty is to cooperate with the College authorities in organized, intelligent effort to attract the finest young men whom our country produces . . . The suggestion that the Committee discriminates against football players appears to me incapable of proof, inherently improbable, and entirely at variance with the character and standing of the Committee, composed as it is of wise and able men. It would be more accurate to say that the Committee on Admissions endeavors to apply standards similar to those which govern the award of Rhodes Scholarships: character...
Tight Little Island. A 100-proof British comedy about a whisky famine on a Hebridean island and how the inhabitants relieved it (TIME...
Despite all this the Orchestra is better off than almost any in the country because of its traditionally loyal followers. The Friends of the Boston Symphony last year gave it $18,000. Another proof of the strong bond between the Proper Bostonian and his Orchestra is the fact that $80,000 came from legacies. The remaining deficit must be made up by a portion of the Serge Koussevitzky 25th Anniversary Fund...
Tight Little Island. A 100-proof British comedy about a whisky famine on a Hebridean island and how the inhabitants relieved it (TIME...