Word: quickers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...liberal and humane tradition" from being overshadowed by a preoccupation "with technical courses," we are going to have to do more than require the science men to take survey courses in "American Culture," "The History of Human Freedom," and "Economic Democracy." We are going to have to give a quicker, less expensive training to the majority of non-science majors who do not intend to go to graduate school, but merely want a sound general education before trying their hand at business...
Besides their torpedoes, fired from deck tubes, German E-boats carry anti-aircraft cannon, machine guns and depth charges. They cannot hide as submarines can, but they can run. They are cheaper and quicker to build than submarines, and they are fine for hit-&-run raids on shipping not far from shore. The Germans are building a lot of them-just how many, the British would like to know...
...more we produce, the quicker it will be over and the sooner we can get back to the job of building up the country...
...people having less money to spend on a liberal arts degree that means less in terms of cold cash, many of the educators who now scoff at Hutchins are going to see his general revisions going into effect in spite of their blusterings. Colleges will have to give a quicker, less expensive training to the great majority of men who do not want to go to graduate school, but merely want a sound general education before trying their hand at business. And they will have to stiffen the requirements for a full degree, collaborating on programs with the graduate schools...
These hit-&-run raids did not satisfy the West Coast. The Coast was not scared, not angry, but anxious. Westerners have a tradition of meeting violence with quicker vengeance. From the West Coast a cry went up: "Give us martial...