Word: proper
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...CRIMSON brushes quickly by the matter of "legal action," but makes sure to mention it as a part of the general smear and attaches particular blame to Mr. Burke and not, as would be proper, the whole corporation. What the CRIMSON means, one has to conclude, is that there just has to be something wrong, some touch of guilt, when a case is brought to law to settle a dispute. This is Joe McCarthy stuff. In our society the rule among honest men is to wait the decision of the court...
...also voted to submit to the administration the use of the Field House, which was recently closed because of confusion about its proper function. Termed a "stopgap measure to keep the Field House operating until Radcliffe's Fourth House is built," the recommendation reserves the second floor for the exclusive use of artists. The Field House itself may still be reserved for parties and meetings, as it could be previously, but only the night watchman will have access...
...poems by Byrd appear in the magazine. In the first, which is untitled, he says, "Man attempts too many explanations." The line suggests the proper way to approach the poem: it should be felt. The basis of the poem is experience, not contrived metaphor; Byrd writes simply but powerfully...
...electronic components that serve as frog nerve cells. They are interconnected in such a way that they report to the "brain," a smaller light-studded panel, only those objects that a frog would see. If a disk held in front of the large "eye" panel is moving in the proper direction at the proper speed, it appears in lights on the brain panel...
...England of Crossroads of Power--the England of Burke, Pitt, and George III--"there were no party organizations ... and there was no proper discipline." The alignment of votes shifted with each new issue; "followers of the government, and even members of it, would on particular occasions speak and vote against it, and a government which normally could count on a very considerable majority would at times find itself in danger of defeat." Among those who have attempted to unravel the political tangles of the period, none matches the stature of Sir Lewis Namier. Crossroads of Power, the second volume...