Word: read
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...progressive education which has stemmed from the inspiration of [John Dewey's] experiments at Chicago has produced a generation of sloppy-minded youngsters who can neither read nor write. His take-what-you-like educational system, with its repudiation of the discipline that comes with difficult study, has turned loose a citizenry that is an easy prey for demagogues...
...final comment on this book than Florence Arfmann, who has tested every recipe in it. Says she: "These women were as eager to exchange favorite recipes as good housewives have been since time began. And when you try their recipes, I think you'll see why women who read TIME, whatever their accomplishments in other fields, are women I have learned to respect as cooks...
...weeks before the election, Democratic campaign workers busily slapped up posters on the billboards of New Jersey's Hudson County. The posters read: "It Looks Like Wene." Just as energetically, Republican campaign workers slapped up other posters beside them. The Republican posters read: "But It's Really Hague...
...true that McNiel read the story at 2 a.m. But after perusing the article, McNiel said that although it seemed somewhat tactless, it was a good story and would show students that "HYRC was really doing something." He offered not a single objection...
This is very strange. Mr. Jansen read the completed article at about 10 p.m. the night before it appeared. He said it was accurate in its entirety. If it had been "untrue," it seems probable that he would have spoken...