Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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School Administrator Ernest J. Claverly, warming in defense of the non-cursive status quo, cited no less than ten reasons why printing was superior to handwriting for schoolchildren: "It takes less time to teach. It fosters skill in language by allowing easier language expression. It is more legible, and does not become sloppy as the writer becomes senile. It is less awkward for left-handed children. Most job application forms, in fact, say "please print clearly." Claverly maintained that unless some schools had been willing to violate tradition, the tyrannical master would still be holding forth in his red brick...
...many picture postcards. Just as predictably, conservatives found the pictures worthy of comparison with Winslow Homer's and bought them up fast. What the buyers got were neither picture postcards nor Winslow Homers, but portraits of places, seen in various kinds of weather and rendered with immense technical skill...
...Harvard football has come in so short a time, look back only to 1949, when the scores were lop-sided and the field strewn with injured Crimson players. Since that time, there has been a slow accretion of skill and spirit, as shown in the seasonal advance from one, to three, to five and now six victories. Credit for this steady improvement goes in part to those players who worked up through the Freshman and Junior Varsity to the performances of last Saturday and to the coaches who patiently molded them into a team...
Last July, the Senate of the United States was treated to an exhibition of the letter-writing skill of the supporters of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy Senator Mike Monroney (D. Okia.) had received this mail when he questioned the propriety of McCarthy's investigation of top-secret Central Intelligence Agency, Among other things, Monroney was called a "Red," a "scum bag," a "traitor," a "rat" and a "nozzle-head." Since the CRIMSON'S editorial telling McCarthy to "put up or shut up" on his charge about Communist professors at Harvard was reported nationally and internationally we have been getting some...
...fact, he, and sophomore tailback Royce Flippin have, between them, piled up almost exactly two-thirds of total Tiger yardage this season. The two provide Coach Charlie Caldwell with seasoned skill in a team of scarcely better than average aptitude...