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Word: seemly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...must be dispelled. He cited figures indicating that "it is within the power of any college to develop an active student interest in loans." As to the question of whether it is "moral" to encourage students to borrow in order to pay their college bills, Monro noted that people seem to have little reservation about taking on other large debts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Monro Praises Flexibility, Scope Of New Student Loan Program | 3/11/1959 | See Source »

Education at Swarthmore is "very sincere," according to Suzanne E. Schell '60, who described the college as "more worldly than Radcliffe, despite the fact that students seem to spend more time on studies there than here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffies Show Varied Reactions To Education at Three Colleges | 3/10/1959 | See Source »

...middle-aged characters fare considerably less well, because Repertory Boston does not seem to have engaged any middle-aged actors. Universal versatility in an acting company is a splendid aim, perhaps the true goal of repertory, but it is dangerous to count on it where it does not exist...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: The Importance of Being Earnest | 3/10/1959 | See Source »

...Minister's trip has also been valuable to Britain domestically. Khrushchev's efforts to annoy and embarrass Macmillan, and so to weaken his position in the impending British elections by depicting the Moscow trip as a failure, only served to set off Macmillan's courtesy and firmness, and actually seem to have helped him at home. While Macmillan demonstrated his good faith by pushing for increases in trade and cultural exchanges, he still remained firm in rejecting a pact which would close United States air bases in England...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: The Lion and the Bear | 3/10/1959 | See Source »

Although Macmillan's rising influence does not seem to have warmed the hearts of de Gaulle or Adenauer, it is fortunate that he has begun to gather the reins of Western leadership at a time when, as The Times of London put it, "age and sickness have overtaken America's leading statesmen...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: The Lion and the Bear | 3/10/1959 | See Source »

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