Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...People as Individuals." Reynolds officials had mulled over the project for a long time. They had observed that good industrial relations need something more than shorter hours, higher wages, free medical care and pension plans. Many employees found their personal problems so overwhelming that their working ability was affected. What was needed, Reynolds decided, was not simply psychiatry, but "the faith that gives purpose to life, belief in the ultimate victory of good over evil, and dependence on a wisdom greater than human reasons or resources...
...related to other freshman courses. Students wrote on anything in order to satisfy the weekly theme requirement. As a result, most failed to carry over the drilling in writing technique to their term papers and exams. General Education A tried to remedy the ills of English A by requiring shorter themes and by discussing the themes with the whole class. Many found this diffused method of teaching composition confusing and over their heads...
...first anniversary of Narcotics Anonymous, Danny could report on about 80 addicts who had tried mutual-aid, group therapy. Six had stayed drugfree for a year or more, five more have been free for a shorter time. Ten are known to have slipped back into the habit ; so, probably, have most of the 60 who cannot be traced...
...elements which are bound to annoy many followers of the game. For example, the distance to the left field wall at the Fenway is generally considered an outrage. It is quite short and a sportswriter who paced off the distance last one night discovered that it is ten feet shorter than advertised. The Braves use Earl Torgeson at first base and he is the only player left in either league who still wears his pants at the knee. This does not help his appearance or his batting average...
Wilson's heave of 155 feet, 1/2 inch was ten feet shorter than that of Auburn's Jim Dillion. Mile relayers Ed Grutzner, John Packard, Tom McGrath, and Ronnie Berman finished behind Ohio State, Louisiana State, and Yale...