Word: schemed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Government of Mexico, where 48% of the population is illiterate, has hit on a brilliantly simple scheme to spread the three Rs: set the literate half to teaching the illiterates. President Avila Camacho issued a decree by radio: let every able-bodied literate aged 18 to 60 prepare to act as the teacher of at least one illiterate aged...
...Department last week unveiled its scheme for deciding who shall be the first ones released from the Army after V-day in Europe...
Librarian Rider thinks their scheme is already obsolete. For microfilms must be boxed, catalogued and stored like books. Preservation is also a problem: film wears out far faster than paper...
Under the direction of co-chairmen David D. Bidwell '47 and Frederick P. Murphy '47 the Lowell House Dance Committee arranged a subtle lighting scheme that turned the Bellboys' dining hall into an ideal dance floor. Ample refreshments were also provided for the dancers, who included men from the V-12 and NROTC units, as well as civilians and various faculty members...
...Compos-A-Tune ($3) is an 18 in. by 7 in. cardboard rectangle with 16 twirlable dials arranged in two rows. On the upper eight dials the operator sets any rhythm scheme desired (from countless possible combinations) for the first eight bars of a tune. By twirling the bottom eight dials, and following the directions on them, he then discovers a suitable harmonic progression for the eight bars. Next, by consulting a table on the Compos-A-Tune, he learns what melodic notes harmonize with the chord progression, and can lay out a melody in the rhythm shown...