Word: sheerness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Broadly speaking there are two angles to literature instruction--historical and critical--and while both are necessary for a complete view of the subject, they are only occasionally combined in undergraduate English courses. Instead, too many courses fall into sheer "appreciation" of the kind Professor Jones criticized. This is the least adequate instruction, for it never tells a student why he likes or does not like a certain piece of literature...
...South Bend, an unbelieving crowd of 59,305 saw mighty Notre Dame trail Northwestern into the last period, 7-6. This, too, looked for a time like the upset of the year. Then by sheer power, the Irish hacked and hammered at Northwestern's sturdy line, and finally managed to walk off field with their 20th straight victory since Nov. 9, 1946. The game ended with Notre Dame ahead, 12-7; it was Northwestern's last game with Notre Dame-at least for a while...
...role, Anna Prince was all that Giradoux requires and brought, in addition, a certain luxuriousness to the part that added immeasurably to the play. Unfortunately, however, Miss Prince is not always understandable. Striving for variety in her voice, some of her lines became lost in a flood of sheer inflection. With that corrected, Miss Prince should give abundant pleasure...
Also behind at the half, the Mastodons poured over two quick touchdowns, one on sheer power plays, and the other after an intercepted pass by Roger Pugh. Rossiter went over both times first on a buck and then on an end sweep...
...Green coach Tuss McLaughry will present persuasive arguments for his side in a beefy line and a talent rich backfield squad. Art Valpey has a group which showed offense potential galore against Columbia and sheer courage against powerful Army, and which is fully aware of the importance of today's game in its season plan...