Word: select
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There is an undercurrent of opinion among the councillors that the route for the Inner Belt is almost a foregone conclusion. Most believe that the State Department of Public Works will certainly select the Brookline-Elm St. location--a route near Central Square that has been long favored by the state agency and consistently condemned by city officials...
...such questions as "Am I an ant?" or to circle the right word in distinguishing between mat and man. New letters are introduced, and by Book 7 he can handle such words as sandwich, haystack and yesterday. Each step requires the child to either make a yes-no choice, select the words to complete a sentence, or fill in a blank in a sentence. By Book 21 he has been introduced to all the toughest exceptions to the phonetic rules of English. His reading vocabulary totals 2,892 words -including deceitful, labyrinth and ridiculous-and he is reading action-packed...
Another open question under the new system has been the number of freshmen a Master will be permitted to select for his House before the names are thrown into a pool to be distributed evenly. Monro said no decision had been reached on this; "but they'll know about the people who have expressed an interest in their House...
Gilmore is in Cambridge for conferences with the I Tatti committee to select next year's fellows and to discuss the construction of a permanent photograph library at the Center...
...forced to accept the second option -- the Playmate caper -- as first prize. Together with his hosts, he will select the date and plan his own weekend, including an itinerary of restaurants, nightclubs, and public appearances...