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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...customer acted differently, too. Part of his changed behavior was doubtless due to the discovery that once again he was always right. But mostly it stemmed from the sight of inflated prices. Shoppers who had once thrown down money as carelessly as a drunk winning at roulette now clutched billfold and handbag with a kind of desperate disbelief, and began pinching and prodding the merchandise...
When I opened the door, there was Sedgwick, and was he ever a sight with sore eyes. Matter of fact, he had them both bandaged so he could hardly see. There was a gentleman with a chauffeur's cap and a dour expression leading my poor roommate...
...importance of their field as a whole, and how a particular course fits into it. But in the language program, a student plunges immediately into the mechanics of memorizing technical details. He reads Voltaire for exercise in reading French, and for little else. In this way, he loses sight of language as a means by which he can discover another culture...
...tutored in the ultimate objectives of concentration and distribution. The undergraduate who is carefully advised and sets up a precise balance between general and specialized courses can often realize the full value of the current program. For the man that receives little help in planning his curriculum and loses sight of the ideals of the system, concentration and distribution may fail in its purpose...
Kongsberg is an old, dignified town located about 80 miles from Oslo. The Ski School Committee will arrange sight-seeing tours, and the ski students will have an opportunity to attend the various Norwegian winter sports features...