Word: scratching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...great interest was "in the man who had to start from scratch," and to give such students the aesthetic experience he felt they needed, he began Music 1. Survey courses in the history of music without pedagogical mechanics of harmonic technique were rare in colleges, and, once again, the form he established at Harvard became an influential pattern elsewhere. As a teacher he was unforgettable, for as one of his own generation put it, "he is not satisfied with merely teaching; he inculcates...
...Extensive Pen," says Lockley, "although enjoying two wives without competition, nevertheless spent most of his time patrolling the fence between the two pens, endeavoring to break into the Intensive Pen, where he could see other males and females. These males and females, for their part, tried to scratch their way into the Extensive Pen. The lone male sought company, but the overcrowded company sought lebensraum." When a young doe was placed in the Extensive Pen, the lone male ignored her. But when a strong adult buck was introduced, he attacked with verve and compelled the newcomer to retreat. Then...
...writes to TIME? As the editors face up to mail by the armful, it often seems that the whole cross-section of their readership has an opinion to deliver. M.D.s scratch notes on prescription pads; travelers scrawl on postcards; housewives pause in their day's rounds to comment on such subjects as religion, politics, nuclear weapons...
...slashing attack on American diplomatic methods was to go to the publisher, co-authors William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick decided the book would be more successful as a novel. They burned every page of every copy, hired four dictating machines and four stenographers, and started from scratch. They made the publisher's deadline...
...political debts-he has been his own best promoter and manipulator-and can choose his team as he pleases. Since he is not a state Governor and has no incumbent Administration in Washington to provide Democratic manpower, he would have to assemble his team from scratch...