Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the Burr program had been in effect only four months, in the spring of 1953, a poll of the new Senior tutors found they all were concerned by the little time left for academic work. This situation has continued, and some tutors today face the prospect of losing the chance for advancement in their departments because of time they have lost in administrative work...
...discussed. While 36 percent of the whole College is on the Dean's List, one of the Houses has 43 percent of its members on the list, while another has only 29 percent. The lower ranking House finds it almost impossible to acquire tutors, who are discouraged by the prospect of ministering to weak academic groups. The familiar story of the tutor in one House who was overjoyed when he found he had two Group III tutees has more truth behind it than many would like to admit. Some Houses are so off-balance in the direction of the sciences...
...Salonika, regional headquarters for northern Greece, an official threw up his hands at the prospect that the stream of repatriates might steadily grow larger...
...consciences of civilized nations must naturally recoil from the prospect of using nuclear weapons. Nevertheless, in the last resort, most of us must feel that determination to face the threat of physical devastation, even on the immense scale which must now be foreseen, is manifestly preferable to militant Communism . . . Moreover, such a show of weakness or hesitation to use all the means of defense . . . would not reduce the risk. All history proves the contrary...
John Murphy was one of the three Crimson winners in the Tuesday meet, with a 5ft. 10 in. high jump, making him definitely a varsity prospect, according to Wilson. Another "improved performer" is Tom Zierk in the broad jump. He has vaulted 21 ft. 2 in. and posted several victories...