Word: shelling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Almost as arresting as the nirvana caterpillar was a weird, 12-ft. high representation of the cell, basic unit of life, presented by Kalamazoo's Upjohn Co. Its shell was a fantastic latticework of clear plastic tubes. Inside were equally ingenious, sausage-shaped plastic gadgets representing mitochondria and fat globules. There was also a gaudy red nucleus, like a gang of tortured octopuses outdoing Laocoön's serpents, with centrosomes that made it look as though it had just landed from outer space...
...blackest reaction." ) At the other end of the political spectrum, fascist-inclined Pierre Poujade dissolved his 31 -man bloc in the National Assembly, said it was time to re sume ''the anti-parliamentary campaign." Nowhere was the after-De Gaulle maneuvering more conspicuous than in the shell-shocked Socialist Party. One of its wings, led by ex-Premier Guy Mollet, had joined forces with De Gaulle, making his return to power possible, in the conviction that only thus could civil war be avoided. The other - and larger - wing fought De Gaulle's investiture, and it continued...
...many times that many of our academically-oriented students did spend too much time in the speech arts, band, or vocal music. On the other hand, some of our most advanced students would not have fared well in college if they had not been brought out of the academic shell through the extra-curricular influence of various faculty members...
...Academic shell," however, is hardly appropriate when applied even to the most intellectually-minded Horace Mann student. It is very difficult even to form an academic shell when one's academic courses are unstimulating. The fact remains that the really interested student is forced to look to the Debate Club, the public library, or the civic symphony orchestra for extensive cultural development...
There is little danger that further advances in the quality and variety of regular school courses will push bright students into an "academic shell."The queen of Horace Mann Homecoming graciously receives a bouquet of roses after her crowning. Her highness and the members of her court wear corsages to indicate they were elected by their schoolmates as the most popular and attractive senior girls. Coronation ceremonies occur at half-time at the season's biggest football game. Like Harvard, Horace Mann rarely wins a football game and rarely cares...