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Word: sloppyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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In 1906, 36% of the graduating class took advantage of the opportunity for three-year graduation under an accelerated program. Faculty investigation, however, discovered lax standards and sloppy study practices in speeding up the award of a degree. Standards were stiffened and requirements lengthened, and the number of applicants for...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: A Three-Year College Program Might Be Best | 6/13/1957 | See Source »

The same day, Hussein achieved another victory against "outside influences." The first of some 4,000 Syrian troops, installed in Jordan since last November on a pretext of "protecting Jordan from Israeli attack," began pulling out of Mafrak and Irbid. The Syrian soldiers, usually seen strolling in the public squares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JORDAN: Leaving by Rope & Road | 6/3/1957 | See Source »

If Amis and the rest of his school part company, it will be because he is its only conscientious craftsman and its only notable wit. Even so, his humor travels no better than the average joke in Punch, and U.S. editions of Lucky Jim and a second novel. That Uncertain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lucky Jim & His Pals | 5/27/1957 | See Source »

The varsity lacrosse team ended its season Saturday, losing to Yale, 11 to 5, in a disappointingly sloppy game at the Business School field.

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: Crimson Lacrosse Team Overpowered By Eli Squad, 11-5 | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

Penn threatened in the last half of the tenth, filling the bases on three Crimson errors, but were checked by Joel Bernstein, the winning pitcher. Sloppy fielding hampered the varsity today, as it committed six errors in all, five in the last two innings.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hathaway Hits Two Home Runs As Varsity Nine Beats Penn 6-5 | 5/16/1957 | See Source »

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