Word: short
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Winthrop-Comstock merger, Comstock girls will also be invited to join Winthrop's Economics table and Science Club, Donald R. Brown, Head Resident of Comstock Hall, said. In addition, a few girls may participate in Winthrop's thesis sessions, seminar-like groups in which Honors seniors give short lectures based on their thesis topics...
Other new procedures in the teaching of language are being worked on by the SUPRAD experimenters at the Newton High School. These involve the use of 36 long-playing records for French I and II containing the vocabulary and idioms of the textbook reworked into short conversations. The pupil will sign out a new record every two lessons, and part of his assignment each day will be a section of the record to do at home...
Benjamin's second mile was three seconds faster than his first. Again, this race demonstrated his remarkable development in a short period of time. Until the Army meet on April 18, he had never run a mile as fast as his 4:26 second leg at Santry. And his time for the race was nearly 13 seconds faster than his best previous effort. It will be a long time before a runner with Benjamin's dogged determination and competitive pride wears a Crimson uniform...
Although the Student Government Association is trying to plug the gap left by Percussion with a mimeographed weekly sheet, they have dropped short of the mark, carrying only notices and official announcements at present. Fashion run-downs and other traditional Percussion features are absent...
...pouring disconsolate rain, and the nerve-wracking, shouting bustle of a public market. On the other hand, he tends to hammer home his crises much too obviously, and he has not generally done well with his principals. They tend toward loud whispers, harsh, throaty low tones, and quick sharp short sudden utterances--a pattern that has become a movie cliche...