Word: reportedly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...find TIME anything but adequate in its treatment of fact, that I cited explicitly, as one of the enemies of international understanding, "the phony standardized picture" it gives of both America and Europe. He would have written a review more in accordance with TIME'S professed intention to report accurately if he had even mentioned that my book is not primarily what he calls an "excursion" into world politics, but rather an essay on "the necessity for Americans and Europeans to reach beyond the barriers of their political differences to human and cultural understanding...
...about this spot in a review you usually find a reference to the inimitable Bobby Clark who will save the whole shebang from a fate worse than bankruptcy. It grieves me to report that not only is the heretofore exuberant Mr. Clark imitable, but also that with a few exceptions he isn't worth imitating. For an old Clark afficionado those are hard words to utter, but there they are. The show, as it stands, is a clinger...
Tomorrow the alumni authorities will hear the reasoning of the Saltonstall Committee. They should heed also the AVC and Council statements. If the officials believe that the student stand is correct, then the only logical course will be to reject the Saltonstall Committee's report...
...this end, a thorough and complex system has been devised to guarantee that every graduate is fitted for his role as a leader of men. The first step involves a written report by each Cadet, rating the character of every other man in his Company. These reports, after careful scrutiny, are supplemented by the Tactical Officer in charge of the Company and sent on to the Commandant. Any unfortunate whose desirability seems to be in doubt as a result of these studies is then sent before the Brigade Aptitude Board, consisting of senior officers and a psychologist, who investigate...
Another recent change has been the formation of a partially civilian Board of Consultants, headed by Karl Compton, ex-president of M.I.T. After a study of the institution in 1945, this board submitted a report which concluded; "...the four years of college can best be devoted to education in the general fundamentals, enlargement of social vision, and development of cultural appreciation. Because of the variety of duties and of leadership which fall to the lot of the Army officer, to provide a foundation of this type of liberal education becomes increasingly the mission of the Academy...